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[ adjective ] characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life

Synonyms

solitary lone eremitic

Examples

"the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony" "a lone wolf" "a man of a solitary disposition"

Related terms

unsocial

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[ adjective ] characterized by ascetic solitude

Synonyms

eremitic hermitic hermitical anchoritic

Examples

"the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony" "his hermitic existence"

Related terms

unworldly

3
[ adjective ] of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living

Synonyms

hermitic eremitic

Examples

"eremitic austerities"

Related terms

cenobitic eremite eremite

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eremitic eremitism eremite

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