recluse
noun
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
recluses
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pluralof recluse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These recluses are known as hikikomori, a term first coined in Japan in the 1990s to describe severe social withdrawal amongst adolescents and young adults.
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
The quartet’s exhilarating brand of emo, primarily from their stellar album “I Became Birds,” blends the fiery rage of hardcore with the oddball existentialism of indie recluses Neutral Milk Hotel.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021
Social isolation has certainly increased in Japan, where half a million young people live as “hikikomori” — recluses who don’t leave their homes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2019
Yet such withdrawal can feed on itself, depriving recluses of the social interaction that is important to mental health, undermining relationships and careers and contributing to economic hardship.
From Economist ● Jun. 14, 2018
Instead of starting junior high school, I lived like the Victorian recluses I read about.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
