Associations to the word «Eremitism»

Wiktionary

EREMITISM, noun. The state of being a hermit; seclusion from society.

Dictionary definition

EREMITISM, noun. Monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley