Usually means: Withdrawal from society for religion.
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  1. anchoretism: Wordnik
  2. anchoretism: Wiktionary
  3. Anchoretism, anchoretism: Dictionary.com
  4. anchoretism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  5. Anchoretism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  6. anchoretism: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Anchoretism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. Anchoretism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The practice or mode of life of an anchorite; hermithood

Similar:
anchoritism, monasticism, monachism, ascesis, Apotactite, Laura, Encratite, Ananite, monkism, acolyteship, more...

Opposite:
worldliness, sociability, extroversion

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Similar:
anchoritism, monasticism, monachism, ascesis, Apotactite, Laura, Encratite, Ananite, monkism, acolyteship, more...

Opposite:
worldliness, sociability, extroversion



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