Meaning of ascetic in English

1. Pronunciation

   /əˈsɛdɪk/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   ascetic

   Definitions

   1. practicing great self-denial

   Examples

   • « 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 »

   Synonyms

   • abstemious

2. Noun

   ascetic

   Definitions

   1. practices self denial as spiritual discipline

3. Qualitative Adjective

   ascetic

   Etymology

   mid 17th century: from medieval Latin asceticus or Greek askētikos, from askētēs‘monk’, from askein‘to exercise’

   Definitions

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

   Examples

   • « ascetic practices »