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Definitions for Ascetic
[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.
[4] relating to asceticism, the doctrine that one can reach a high spiritual state through the practice of extreme self-denial or self-mortification.
[5] rigorously abstinent; austere: an ascetic existence.
[6] exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises or self-mortification.
[7] a person who practises great self-denial and austerities and abstains from worldly comforts and pleasures, esp for religious reasons
[8] (in the early Christian Church) a monk
[9] rigidly abstinent or abstemious; austere
[10] of or relating to ascetics or asceticism
[11] intensely rigorous in religious austerities
Words related to Ascetic
austere, disciplined, spartan, abstinent, abstemious, puritanical, strict, abstaining
Words nearby Ascetic
ascensiontide, ascensive, ascent, ascertain, ascesis, ascetic, asceticism, asch, aschaffenburg, ascham, aschelminth
Origin of Ascetic
1640–50; < Greek askētikós subject to rigorous exercise, hardworking, equivalent to askē- (see askesis) + -tikos -tic
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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
Word origin for Ascetic
C17: from Greek askētikos, from askētēs, from askein to exercise
Synonyms for Ascetic
austere, disciplined, abstinent, spartan, abstaining, abstemious, puritanical, strict