monasticism
adjectiveHow to pronounce monasticism:
Definition of monasticism:
- monasticism (adjective):
- of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
Synonyms for monasticism:
asceticism
austereness
austerity
callousness
dourness
gruffness
implacability
monasticism
nonindulgence
obduracy
self-denial
steadfastness
Antonyms for monasticism:
hedonism
sybaritism
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- missionaries
- miscegenation
- militarism
- microphobia
- methylphenidate
- methodicalness
- metabolism
- merovingian
- meritocracy
- mercantilism
- meningococcal
- mendelevium
- memorialised
- mechanization
- maximilian
- mauritania
- masculinity
- manufacturing
- manipulator
- manipulation
- magniloquence
- macedonia
- macadamia
- licentiousness
- liabilities
- leptospirosis
- lasciviously
- lactobacillus
- lacertilian
- keratogenic
- kabaragoya
- judiciary
- judiciable
- judicatory
- iteratively
- isocoria
- irrelevantly
- interrogatives
- interposition
- interpersonal
- interminably
- interlocutors
- intentional
- insidiously
- innocuously
- infraspinatus
- infertility
- infedility
- inexcusably
- inequality
- … more
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