English-Finnish translations for rarefied

Definition of rarefied

• Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select
• Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value

Examples

• Philosophical debates can be quite rarefied.
• The air at high altitudes at the top of mountains is rarefied.

Related words

• rarefy
• rarefaction
• rarefact