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1.
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
2.
a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction.
3.
(in the early Christian church) a monk; hermit.
adjective Also, as·cet·i·cal.
4.
pertaining to asceticism.
5.
rigorously abstinent; austere: an ascetic existence.
6.
exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises or self-mortification.
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Ascetic
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Origin:
1640–50; < Greek askētikós subject to rigorous exercise, hardworking, equivalent to askē- (see askesis) + -tikos -tic
1640–50; < Greek askētikós subject to rigorous exercise, hardworking, equivalent to askē- (see askesis) + -tikos -tic
Related forms
as·cet·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·as·cet·ic, noun, adjective
non·as·cet·i·cal, adjective
non·as·cet·i·cal·ly, adverb
pre·as·cet·ic, adjective
EXPANDpseu·do·as·cet·ic, adjective
pseu·do·as·cet·i·cal, adjective
pseu·do·as·cet·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·as·cet·ic, adjective
un·as·cet·i·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
3. anchorite, recluse; cenobite. 5. strict, frugal, plain. 6. fanatic.
3. anchorite, recluse; cenobite. 5. strict, frugal, plain. 6. fanatic.
Antonyms
5. self-indulgent.
5. self-indulgent.
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Example Sentences
- But it wasn't exactly an ascetic life.
- His policies had failed, but people admired his sincerity and his ascetic life.
- He was not a beatnik, or a religious ascetic, or anyone of that small fraternity for whom poverty is almost a status symbol.
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Word Origin & History
ascetic
1640s, from Gk. asketikos "rigorously self-disciplined," from asketes "monk, hermit," from askein "to exercise, train," originally "to train for athletic competition, practice gymnastics, exercise." The noun meaning "one of the early Christians who retired to the desert to live solitary lives of meditation
EXPANDand prayer" is from 1670s.
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