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ascetic
[uh-set-ik]
noun
a person who dedicates their life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or shuns material satisfaction.
(in the early Christian church) a monk; hermit.
Synonyms: , ,
adjective
relating to asceticism, the doctrine that one can reach a high spiritual state through the practice of extreme self-denial or self-mortification.
rigorously abstinent; austere.
an ascetic existence.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises or self-mortification.
Synonyms:
ascetic
/ ÉĖ²õɳŁÉŖ°ģ /
noun
a person who practises great self-denial and austerities and abstains from worldly comforts and pleasures, esp for religious reasons
(in the early Christian Church) a monk
adjective
rigidly abstinent or abstemious; austere
of or relating to ascetics or asceticism
intensely rigorous in religious austerities
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- ascetically adverb
- nonascetic noun
- nonascetical adjective
- nonascetically adverb
- preascetic adjective
- pseudoascetic adjective
- pseudoascetical adjective
- pseudoascetically adverb
- unascetic adjective
- unascetically adverb
- ²¹²õĖ³¦±š³Ł¾±³¦²¹±ō±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of ascetic1
Example Sentences
While the holy bath is the main draw, the event is also a vibrant carnival of faith, where people from all walks of lives, including ascetics, politicians and celebrities, converge to celebrate.
Police struggled to manage the surging crowds at the festival on Tuesday as thousands managed to come into an arena meant for the ascetics.
For festival-goers, a major attraction is the presence of naked Naga sadhus, or ascetics, and it is a spectacle to watch as they hurl themselves into the icy waters.
It takes 10 steps through the constellations to find the landing place where protection can be lush, where luxury can feel ascetic, where beauty is monastic.
They tend to conjure images of monks meditating in the mountains or ascetics living in desert caves.
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