Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - exoteric

 adjective  Etymology: Latin & Greek; Latin ~us, from Greek exoterikos, literally, external, from exotero more outside, comparative of exo outside — more at exo-  Date: 1660  1.  a. suitable to be imparted to the public the ~ doctrine — compare esoteric  b. belonging to the outer or less initiate circle  2. relating to the outside ; external  • ~ally adverb