monasticism
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1. asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | asceticism, austerity, nonindulgence, |
| definition | : | the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | eremitism, |
| definition | : | monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience (noun.attribute) |
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