Ascetic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Ascetic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ascetic

[ a.]

- Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.

2 . Ascetic

[ n.]

- In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.

Meaning of 'Ascetic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ascetic

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline

Example in sentence:

ascetic practices

2 . ascetic

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- practicing great self-denial

Example in sentence:

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

Nearby Words:

ascarid ascarides ascend ascendable ascendance ascendancy ascendant ascended ascendency ascendent

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Asceticism
Asceticism is a way of life in which people deny themselves sensual pleasures in order to concentrate on what they consider to be a more important intellectual or spiritual life.

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