22
monk(noun, religious, god, ascetic, monastic)
13
hermit(noun, person, seclusion exclusion, asceticism)
11
recluse(noun, person, seclusion exclusion, asceticism)
8
eremite(noun, solitary, religious, ascetic, seclusion exclusion)
6
lone wolf
5
anchoress
5
anchoret(noun, seclusion exclusion, asceticism)
5
solitaire(noun, seclusion exclusion)
5
solitary
4
stylite
3
loner
3
nun(noun, woman, religious, sister, loner)
3
outcast
3
solitudinarian
3
troglodyte(noun, seclusion exclusion)
2
ascetic
2
bhikshu
2
closet cynic(expression, idiom, seclusion exclusion)
2
introvert(noun, person, character, behavior)
2
misanthrope
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