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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.