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1. (n.) ascetic
a person who practices self-denial and self-mortification for religious reasons.
2. ascetic
a person who leads an austerely simple, nonmaterialist life.
3. ascetic
(in the early Christian church) a monk; hermit.
4. (adj.) ascetic
pertaining to asceticism.
5. ascetic
rigorously abstinent; austere.
6. ascetic
very strict or severe in religious exercises or self-mortification.
Etymology: (1640–50; < Gk askētikós <askēt(ēs) person practiced in an art)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) abstainer, ascetic
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
2. (adj) ascetic, ascetical
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
"ascetic practices"
3. (adj) ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ascetic
extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe
2. (noun) ascetic
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
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Sense: avoiding pleasure and comfort, especially for religious reasons
Monks lead ascetic lives.
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 Afrikaans: asketies |
 Arabic: زاهِد، ناسِك |
 Bulgarian: аскетичен |
 Brazilian: ascético |
 Czech: asketický |
 German: asketisch |
 Danish: asketisk |
 Greek: ασκητικός |
 Spanish: ascético |
 Estonian: askeetlik |
 Farsi: زاهدانه؛ وابسته به ریاضت |
 Finnish: askeettinen |
 French: ascétique |
 Hebrew: סַגפָנִי |
 Hindi: तपस्वी |
 Croatian: asketski |
 Hungarian: aszkéta |
 Indonesian: bertapa |
 Icelandic: meinlæta- |
 Italian: ascetico |
 Japanese: 禁欲の |
 Korean: 금욕적인 |
 Lithuanian: asketiškas |
 Latvian: askētisks |
 Malay: hidup secara orang zahid |
 Dutch: ascetisch |
 Norwegian: asketisk |
 Polish: ascetyczny |
 Persian: زاهدانه؛ وابسته به ریاضت |
 Pashto: ریاضت، پرهیزګاری، په پرهی |
 Portuguese: ascético |
 Romanian: ascetic |
 Russian: аскетический |
 Slovak: asketický |
 Slovenian: asketski |
 Serbian: asketski |
 Swedish: asketisk |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับการบำเพ็ญตบะ; เก |
 Turkish: bütün dünya zevklerinden |
 Taiwanese: 苦行的 |
 Ukrainian: аскетичний |
 Urdu: راہبانہ ، زاہدانہ |
 Vietnamese: khổ hạnh |
 Chinese: 苦行的 |
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