What is another word for hermetic?

Pronunciation: [hɜːmˈɛtɪk] (IPA)

The word "hermetic" refers to something that is tightly sealed, airtight, or isolated from the outside world. Some synonyms for this word include: secluded, isolated, insular, impervious, impenetrable, invulnerable, or isolated. These words all convey the idea of being shut off or protected from the outside world, either physically or emotionally. Other terms that could be considered synonyms for "hermetic" include watertight, airless, sealed, hermetically sealed, self-contained, and self-sufficient. Depending on the context, some of these terms could be more fitting than others, but all share a similarity in that they indicate an enclosed or self-contained state.

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What are the hypernyms for Hermetic?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for hermetic?

The word "hermetic" indicates something that is sealed or airtight. Some possible antonyms for this term might include open, accessible, transparent, or porous. An object or environment that is open might be described as unrestricted or free-flowing, with few or no barriers to entry or exit. Similarly, something that is described as accessible is within reach or easy to access, while a hermetic object might be difficult or impossible to open. A hermetic environment might be opaque or impenetrable, while a transparent or porous environment allows for easy passage of light or air. All of these antonyms suggest a sense of openness and connection, rather than isolation or confinement.

What are the antonyms for Hermetic?

  • adj.

    noun
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Usage examples for Hermetic

The Papyrus Ebers, the second in size and the best preserved of all the ancient Egyptian manuscripts which have come into our possession, was written in the 16th century B. C., and contains on 110 pages the hermetic book upon the medicines of the ancient Egyptians, known also to the Alexandrine Greeks.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
This Law of Unity is what in natural science is known as the Law of Continuity, and the Ancient Wisdom has embodied it in the hermetic axiom "Sicut superius, sicut inferius; sicut inferius, sicut superius"-As above, so below; as below, so above.
"The Law and the Word"
Thomas Troward
Illowski groaned as he attacked this hermetic mystery.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker

Famous quotes with Hermetic

  • Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.
    Irving Howe
  • “The Devil” is, historically, the God of any people that one personally dislikes. This has led to so much confusion of thought that THE BEAST 666 has preferred to let names stand as they are, and to proclaim simply that AIWAZ, the solar-phallic-hermetic “Lucifer,” is His own Holy Guardian Angel, and “The Devil” SATAN or HADIT, the Supreme Soul behind RA-HOOR-KHUIT the Sun, the Lord of our particular unit of the Starry Universe. This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade “Know Thyself!” and taught Initiation. He is “the Devil” of the Book of Thoth, and His emblem is BAPHOMET, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection.
    Aleister Crowley
  • Dee goes so far as to assert that, although he called the work hieroglyphic, it is endowed with a clarity and rigour almost mathematical; yet at the same time he leaves it to the reader even to guess that the subject of the elaborate display, which he is asked to view in such dim light, is the hermetic quest.
    John Dee
  • I hate publicity, celebrity, fame, and notoriety, all of which are associated with controversy in its public form. But, in fairness, all my life I've been rather upfront with my opinions and never hidden them on grounds of conformity or (I fear) politesse. However, until the wretched Polish consulate affair, I don't think I was ever controversial—I was certainly not known outside of the hermetic little world of the academy, and my contrarian scholarly writings aroused no great fuss.
    Tony Judt

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