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EREMITISM
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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)