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Ascetic meaning in English

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Ascetic

see synonyms of ascetic

Noun

1. abstainer, ascetic

someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

Adjective

2. ascetic, ascetical

pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline

Example Sentences:
'ascetic practices'

3. ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan

practicing great self-denial

Example Sentences:
'Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it'
'a desert nomad's austere life'
'a spartan diet'
'a spartan existence'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ascetic

see synonyms of ascetic
noun
1. 
a person who practises great self-denial and austerities and abstains from worldly comforts and pleasures, esp for religious reasons
2. 
(in the early Christian Church) a monk
adjective also: ascetical (əˈsɛtɪkəl)
3. 
rigidly abstinent or abstemious; austere
4. 
of or relating to ascetics or asceticism
5. 
intensely rigorous in religious austerities

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Ascetic

see synonyms of ascetic
adjective
1. 
of or characteristic of ascetics or asceticism; self-denying; austere
: also asˈcetical
noun
2. 
a person who leads a life of contemplation and rigorous self-denial for religious purposes
3. 
anyone who lives with strict self-discipline and without the usual pleasures and comforts

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Ascetic

see synonyms of ascetic
n.
A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion.
adj.
Relating to, characteristic of, or leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement. See Synonyms at severe.

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