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    EREMITIC

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Characterized by ascetic solitudeplay

    Example:

    his hermitic existence

    Synonyms:

    anchoritic; eremitic; eremitical; hermitic; hermitical

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    unworldly (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations)

    Derivation:

    eremite (a Christian recluse)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic livingplay

    Example:

    eremitic austerities

    Synonyms:

    eremitic; eremitical

    Classified under:

    Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

    Antonym:

    cenobitic (of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living)

    Pertainym:

    eremite (a Christian recluse)

    Derivation:

    eremite (a Christian recluse)

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