hermitry
Life of solitude
Hermitry is the practice or state of living as a hermit—withdrawn from society in solitude.
The word covers both the lifestyle itself and the place where a hermit dwells: He retreated to a life of hermitry in the mountains.
It carries connotations of deliberate seclusion, often for spiritual or contemplative purposes.
One choosing isolation
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- hideawaySecluded place of refuge
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
isolation · reclusiveness · privacy · remote · sheltered · undisturbed · wilderness · cave
Cloistered religious living
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
devotion · piety · sanctity · mysticism · enlightenment · prayer · fasting · vigil
Observing one's own mind
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- solitudeState of being alone
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- quietudeState of calm stillness
mindfulness · meditation · rumination · self-examination · inner life · stillness · serenity · tranquility
Economical resource management
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- autarkyComplete economic independence
- spartanismRigorous self-denial lifestyle
temperance · abstinence · plainness · modesty · subsistence · detachment · unworldliness · humility
Withdrawal from involvement
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- introversionInward-directed temperament
- anonymityUnknown identity state
antisocial · misanthropy · reclusion · avoidance · world-weariness · escapism · dropout · loner
recluse
One choosing isolation
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- hideawaySecluded place of refuge
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
solitary · isolation · reclusiveness · privacy · remote · sheltered · undisturbed · wilderness · cave · cell
monasticism
Cloistered religious living
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
meditation · devotion · piety · sanctity · mysticism · enlightenment · prayer · fasting · vigil · discipline
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- solitudeState of being alone
- silenceTotal lack of sound
quietude · mindfulness · meditation · rumination · self-examination · inner life · stillness · serenity · tranquility · pondering
frugality
Economical resource management
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- autarkyComplete economic independence
spartanism · temperance · abstinence · plainness · modesty · subsistence · detachment · unworldliness · humility · restraint
disengagement
Withdrawal from involvement
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- introversionInward-directed temperament
anonymity · antisocial · misanthropy · reclusion · avoidance · world-weariness · escapism · dropout · loner · outsider
hermitrygregariousness
Love of being social
sociability · conviviality · communal living · social life · extroversion
hermitrysociety
Organized communal human existence
community · the public · civilization · people · the masses
- hermit crabCrustacean occupying abandoned shells
- hermit kingdomNation deliberately avoiding outside contact
- hermit lifestyleWithdrawn, isolated way of living
- forest hermitOne living alone in woods
- Herman's HermitsSixties British pop group
- hermit crab shellPortable shelter crustacean inhabits
hermit, hermitage, hermits, hermitic, hermitically, hermitical