Eremitism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eremitism \Er"e*mit*ism\, n.
     The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social
     life.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  eremitism
       n : monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social
           dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of
           religious experience