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EREMITISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eremitism mean?
• EREMITISM (noun)
The noun EREMITISM has 1 sense:
1. monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience
Familiarity information: EREMITISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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