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- Dictionaryascetic/əˈsɛtɪk/
adjective
- 1. characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons: "an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour"
noun
- 1. a person who follows an ascetic life.
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ASCETIC definition: 1. avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons: 2. someone…. Learn more.
The meaning of ASCETIC is practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline. How to use ascetic in a sentence. Did you know?
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, esp. one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction.
Definition of ascetic noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ASCETICISM definition: 1. the practice of living a simple life without physical pleasures, often for religious reasons…. Learn more.
n. A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion. adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement. See Synonyms at severe.
To be ascetic, you learn to live without; it's all about self-denial. Ascetic is derived from the Greek asketes, meaning “monk,” or “hermit.”. Later that became asketikos, meaning “rigorously self-disciplined,” which gives us the Modern English ascetic.
