EREMITISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("eremitism" is a kind of...):

monasticism (asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience)

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