cabalistic

• Qui se rapporte à une secte secrète ou occulte, ou qui en a le caractère ; qui a un sens caché ou ésotérique.

Relating to or characteristic of a secret or occult group; having a hidden or esoteric meaning.

1. Secret or hidden meaningC2formal

   Relating to or having a secret, mysterious, or esoteric meaning, often associated with occult or mystical traditions.

   Cabbalistique (sens occulte)

   • The ancient text contained cabalistic symbols that only initiates could understand.
   • His speech was filled with cabalistic references to forgotten rituals.
   • The painting's cabalistic imagery puzzled art historians for decades.

   Synonymesabstrusearcanecrypticenigmaticesotericmysteriousmysticmysticaloccultreconditesecret

   Antonymesclearexplicitobviousopenplain

2. Mystical or occultC2formal

   Pertaining to the Kabbalah or other mystical systems of interpretation.

   Mystique ou occulte

   • She studied cabalistic writings to understand the universe's hidden structure.
   • The cabalistic tradition emphasizes the symbolic interpretation of sacred texts.
   • He was known for his cabalistic approach to numerology and astrology.

   Synonymesabstrusearcanecrypticesoterickabbalisticmysteriousmysticaloccultreconditesecret

   Antonymesexotericliteralplainrationalscientific