| At first she pities Seymour's socially retarded, ultra-cynical hermitism, but then it only adds zeal to her seduction strategy when her relationship with Rebecca gets rocky. |
| The rumors and guesses that preceded this simple explanation were proof of the enduring fascination with Mr. Gilberto, who has a Greta Garbo-like reputation for hermitism and perfectionism. |
| I was in the early throes of a spell of misanthropic hermitism. |
| But I have been back to the taiga a couple of times, and I know I will experience again an act of hermitism, maybe for longer. |
| It's a vicious cycle that sees me slip further and further into hermitism. |
| He was found dead on September 8, 1995, after forty years with little output and increasing hermitism. |
