hermitism

English

Etymology

From hermit +‎ -ism.

Noun

hermitism (uncountable)

1. The habits of a hermit, living alone and in isolation.

   Synonym: eremitism

   • 1862, John Algernon Clarke, What the Prophets Foretold, page 156:

     We have not to examine into the earliest practice of ascetic life and hermitism; the gathering together of secluded societies of celibates and virgins; the superstitious veneration of the relics of holy men […]

Translations

living alone and in isolation

• German: Einsiedlertum n