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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eremitism
    n 1: monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social
         dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious
         experience