ascetic
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.
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.
exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises or self-mortification.
Origin of ascetic
1Other words for ascetic
Opposites for ascetic
Other words from ascetic
- 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
- pseu·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
Words that may be confused with ascetic
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British Dictionary definitions for ascetic
/ (əˈsɛtɪk) /
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
rigidly abstinent or abstemious; austere
of or relating to ascetics or asceticism
intensely rigorous in religious austerities
Origin of ascetic
1Derived forms of ascetic
- ascetically, adverb
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