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EREMITIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by ascetic solitude

Example:

his hermitic existence

Synonyms:

anchoritic; eremitic; eremitical; hermitic; hermitical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unworldly (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations)

Derivation:

eremite (a Christian recluse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living

Example:

eremitic austerities

Synonyms:

eremitic; eremitical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Antonym:

cenobitic (of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living)

Pertainym:

eremite (a Christian recluse)

Derivation:

eremite (a Christian recluse)

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