recluse

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Since then, I have become a bit of an e-recluse.

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Quick take

one who lives in solitude

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of recluse gathered in one view.

noun

one who lives in solitude

adjective

withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for recluse.

noun

one who lives in solitude

adjective

withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"

Example sentences

Since then, I have become a bit of an e-recluse.

I don't like the stereoyype of the nerdy recluse programmer.

I was bitten by a brown recluse as a kid; I had a scar the size of a quarter on my leg from the skin necrosis.

I responded to someone's statement that he's a recluse with the suggestion that perhaps that's not a natural state.

I'm a recluse and I've actually considered one day retiring to a state like Montana, Wyoming, or Idaho.

Or in other areas than math/physics, there are people like Emily Dickinson, one of the greatest poets in history, who lived as a recluse.

You have to basically chain yourself to a desk and become an actual recluse-hermit mutant creature if you want to get through.

Not everyone can afford to be a recluse eccentric by ignoring the largest software providers on the planet.

What can I do other than allow the cynicism to take hold and become a recluse?I earn my livelihood from technology.

>> "It's one thing to be a recluse who scorns 'normal, social people'"This is not a stigmatizing statement at all. tone = {sarcasm: "implied"};Perhaps people who would feel the urge to be reclusive would be more social if people like you kept your mouths shut every once in a while and didn't say pathetically pretentious things like "us normal, social people".