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English adjective: ascetic

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


SamplesAscetic practices.


Synonymsascetical

2. ascetic practicing great self-denial


SamplesBe 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.


Synonymsascetical, austere, spartan


Similarabstemious


Antonymsgluttonous


English noun: ascetic

1. ascetic (person) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline


Synonymsabstainer


Broader (hypernym)religious person


Narrower (hyponym)puritan, stylite









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