Meaning & Definition of Ascetic in English
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Ascetic
/əsɛtɪk/
noun
1. Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
synonym:
- abstainer,
- ascetic
adjective
1. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
- "Ascetic practices"
synonym:
- ascetic,
- ascetical
2. Practicing great self-denial
- "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- william james
- "A desert nomad's austere life"
- "A spartan diet"
- "A spartan existence"
synonym:
- ascetic,
- ascetical,
- austere,
- spartan