'Eremitism' definitions:
Definition of 'eremitism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience
Definition of 'Eremitism'
From: GCIDE
- Eremitism \Er"e*mit*ism\, n. The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life. [1913 Webster]