exotermaisia

Exotermaisia is a neologism used primarily in speculative philosophy and literary discourse to describe a proposed interface between external information and internal cognition. The term combines the prefix exo-, meaning outside or external, with a suffix formation reminiscent of medical and psychological terms, and it is not widely standardized. The most common usage treats exotermaisia as a cognitive or social process by which private ideas, insights, or esoteric knowledge become accessible to others through externalized forms, or conversely, when external information becomes internally salient in structured, private cognition.

Origins and use: The term appears in late 20th- to early 21st-century essays and world-building texts as a heuristic tool to analyze how specialized knowledge moves from a small group to broader publics, and how private introspection can give rise to public discourse.

Theoretical interpretations: In philosophy, exotermaisia may be discussed in relation to the phenomenology of disclosure, and in cognitive science as a form of memory or knowledge offloading to external media, which then feeds back into internal processing. In speculative fiction, it serves to explain how secret doctrines or alien technologies become understood by characters and civilizations.

Reception and critique: Proponents view exotermaisia as a useful model for understanding knowledge transmission, democratization of expertise, and the tension between insider and outsider perspectives. Critics argue that the concept is vague without clear empirical criteria and risk conflating social diffusion with a distinct cognitive process.

See also: externalization, exotericism, knowledge dissemination, cognitive offloading, collective memory.