Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eremitism

1 sense of eremitism

Sense 1
eremitism -- (monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience)
       => 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)