Definition of ascetic in English:

ascetic

adjective əˈsɛtɪkəˈsɛdɪk

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
Example sentencesExamples
- Yet the texts are firmly part of the later medieval world: the first two come from the writings of visionary women mystics and the last from a rigorously ascetic monastic theologian.
- It will doubtless surprise some viewers to learn that the monks' daily routine is not dominated by the strict, ascetic activities one might suppose.
- Sufism emphasises the more mystical and ascetic aspects of the religion.
- The people communicate with him by way of ascetic disciplines on certain sacred mountains.
- The motive was mainly ascetic, but was in part connected with the greater authority which, in antiquity, attached to such renunciation.
- Indeed most martial arts are based on the creations of Chinese ascetic monks almost a thousand years ago.
- These three constitute the Supernal Triad - those spheres which are wholly outside the realm of direct human experience for all but the most disciplined and ascetic individuals.
- Bernard's over-rigorous pursuit of ascetic discipline adversely affected his health.
- My tastes are modest to the point of ascetic austerity.
- He himself lived a rigorously ascetic life and observed the monastic precepts faithfully.
- Buddhism requires ascetic behaviour, including fasting, by its monks, but not from other followers.
- The seventies were very sleek and empty, more concerned with structure, form, and a certain kind of ascetic rigorousness.
- True spirituality, or godliness, is found in everyday social relationships as well as in prayer, learning, or ascetic practices.
- Nor will we gain any great wisdom through the more punitive, ascetic methods.
- For Brendan, salvation is best accomplished through the monastic way, understood as a combination of ascetic practices and liturgical observance.
- Cornet always led a frugal and ascetic life, able to live contentedly for weeks on end with the same menu of rice and dried fish.
- His earlier life of self-indulgence had been unsatisfying, as was his six-year experiment with ascetic penances.
- He walked away from every system of thought and every ascetic setup that was offered to him as an alternative.
- I was simply fighting against what I perceived as biblical, doctrinal, and ascetic fundamentalism.
- While there is not too much on the theology of the cross, or on the phenomenon of monasticism, all authors speak from the reality of a crucified, ascetic tradition.
Synonyms
austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious, non-indulgent, self-disciplined, frugal, simple, rigorous, strict, severe, hair-shirt, spartan, monastic, monkish, nunlike
reclusive, solitary, cloistered, eremitic, anchoritic, hermitic
celibate, continent, chaste, puritanical, self-abnegating, other-worldly, mortified

noun əˈsɛtɪkəˈsɛdɪk

A person who follows an ascetic life.
Example sentencesExamples
- The major sect of Udasin ascetics was originally not Shaiva - nor even Hindu - but belonged to the Sikh religion.
- Missionaries in the African churches, and probably elsewhere, were normally unmarried ascetics living in the utmost simplicity.
- The same goes for gnostic Christianity, where we had the strict ascetics on the one hand and the extreme libertines on the other.
- Mystics and ascetics have been telling us for ages that the goal of life is to learn how to die.
- Brahmins and ascetics play their part, but their roles are secondary to those of Ayodhya's ruling family, and the monkey and demon warriors.
- The leaves are said to be invigorating and an aphrodisiac and, therefore, not to be used by celibates and ascetics.
- When you read Bondi on the desert ascetics and medieval mystics, you are there.
- These are the qualities of Siva, the lord of yogis and ascetics.
- A special sanctity often attached to religious hermits and saintly ascetics, who were revered for their piety and sought out for the healing abilities of the blessed power attributed to them.
- Participants examine ancient practices, contemporary practices, iconography, literature and even the way in which modern medical research supports some of the traditional claims of ascetics.
- Its appeal is on many different levels and, through the ages, ascetics and scholars alike have dedicated their lives to studying, collating, and translating the varied and voluminous material.
- They appear as often as not in religious contexts and associated with marginal Christian groups, whether ascetics or heretics.
- The protagonist moves through various stages of life, from living with ascetics to participating in the marketplace, neither of which bring satisfaction.
- I don't mean mystics and ascetics, who are often wrongly accused of such world - hatred.
- The composition of hymns of the Rig-Veda was done by Hindu recluses, ascetics, Rishis and Sages rooted in the realities of life inside the society.
- He formed an order of ascetics devoted to develop a sense of community with the help of religious injunctions and instructions.
- Later, the Fuke school came to be composed primarily of wandering, non-ordained ascetics who specialized in playing the shakuhachi flute.
- In all four Vedas, there are references to women ascetics reciting Vedic hymns and even creating mantras.
- We can see well enough that Paul had to fight the Gnostics, the Platonists, and the ascetics on these counts.
- The ascetics would go out and, with great exertion, meditate for months and years under a tree or leaning against a boulder.
Synonyms
abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, anchoress, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk
Islam fakir, Sufi, dervish
Hinduism yogi, rishi, sannyasi
in India sadhu, muni
in Japan hikikomori
rare gymnosophist, marabout, santon, eremite, stylite, pillar saint, pillar hermit, pillarist, aerialist, cenobite

Derivatives

ascetically

adverbəˈsɛtɪk(ə)liəˈsɛdək(ə)li

Buddhist monks spend twenty years living ascetically and meditating for hours at a time before they presume to believe that they have conquered all selfish desires.
Example sentencesExamples
- Resigning his see to write, preach, and travel, he lived ascetically in London.
- The family lived rather ascetically.
- Are all men welcome to go there only if they live as monks, sharing the humility and simple lives of the inhabitants, eating, dressing, and living ascetically and piously, etc.?
- She had lived ascetically to the point where she destroyed her fragile mental and physical health.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin asceticus or Greek askētikos, from askētēs 'monk', from askein 'to exercise'.

Suggestive of severe self-discipline and abstention from indulgence, ascetic is from Greek askētikos. The base is askētēs ‘monk’.

Rhymes

aesthetic (US esthetic), alphabetic, anaesthetic (US anesthetic), antithetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cosmetic, cybernetic, diabetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, energetic, exegetic, frenetic, genetic, Helvetic, hermetic, homiletic, kinetic, magnetic, metic, mimetic, parenthetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, photosynthetic, poetic, prophetic, prothetic, psychokinetic, splenetic, sympathetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, telekinetic, theoretic, zetetic

Definition of ascetic in US English:

ascetic

adjectiveəˈsedikəˈsɛdɪk

Characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor
a narrow, humorless, ascetic face
Example sentencesExamples
- Nor will we gain any great wisdom through the more punitive, ascetic methods.
- Sufism emphasises the more mystical and ascetic aspects of the religion.
- For Brendan, salvation is best accomplished through the monastic way, understood as a combination of ascetic practices and liturgical observance.
- My tastes are modest to the point of ascetic austerity.
- He himself lived a rigorously ascetic life and observed the monastic precepts faithfully.
- Bernard's over-rigorous pursuit of ascetic discipline adversely affected his health.
- The seventies were very sleek and empty, more concerned with structure, form, and a certain kind of ascetic rigorousness.
- His earlier life of self-indulgence had been unsatisfying, as was his six-year experiment with ascetic penances.
- The motive was mainly ascetic, but was in part connected with the greater authority which, in antiquity, attached to such renunciation.
- While there is not too much on the theology of the cross, or on the phenomenon of monasticism, all authors speak from the reality of a crucified, ascetic tradition.
- It will doubtless surprise some viewers to learn that the monks' daily routine is not dominated by the strict, ascetic activities one might suppose.
- I was simply fighting against what I perceived as biblical, doctrinal, and ascetic fundamentalism.
- The people communicate with him by way of ascetic disciplines on certain sacred mountains.
- Cornet always led a frugal and ascetic life, able to live contentedly for weeks on end with the same menu of rice and dried fish.
- He walked away from every system of thought and every ascetic setup that was offered to him as an alternative.
- Buddhism requires ascetic behaviour, including fasting, by its monks, but not from other followers.
- Yet the texts are firmly part of the later medieval world: the first two come from the writings of visionary women mystics and the last from a rigorously ascetic monastic theologian.
- Indeed most martial arts are based on the creations of Chinese ascetic monks almost a thousand years ago.
- These three constitute the Supernal Triad - those spheres which are wholly outside the realm of direct human experience for all but the most disciplined and ascetic individuals.
- True spirituality, or godliness, is found in everyday social relationships as well as in prayer, learning, or ascetic practices.
Synonyms
austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious, non-indulgent, self-disciplined, frugal, simple, rigorous, strict, severe, hair-shirt, spartan, monastic, monkish, nunlike

nounəˈsedikəˈsɛdɪk

A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention.
Example sentencesExamples
- These are the qualities of Siva, the lord of yogis and ascetics.
- I don't mean mystics and ascetics, who are often wrongly accused of such world - hatred.
- In all four Vedas, there are references to women ascetics reciting Vedic hymns and even creating mantras.
- Mystics and ascetics have been telling us for ages that the goal of life is to learn how to die.
- The ascetics would go out and, with great exertion, meditate for months and years under a tree or leaning against a boulder.
- Its appeal is on many different levels and, through the ages, ascetics and scholars alike have dedicated their lives to studying, collating, and translating the varied and voluminous material.
- A special sanctity often attached to religious hermits and saintly ascetics, who were revered for their piety and sought out for the healing abilities of the blessed power attributed to them.
- The composition of hymns of the Rig-Veda was done by Hindu recluses, ascetics, Rishis and Sages rooted in the realities of life inside the society.
- He formed an order of ascetics devoted to develop a sense of community with the help of religious injunctions and instructions.
- When you read Bondi on the desert ascetics and medieval mystics, you are there.
- We can see well enough that Paul had to fight the Gnostics, the Platonists, and the ascetics on these counts.
- Missionaries in the African churches, and probably elsewhere, were normally unmarried ascetics living in the utmost simplicity.
- The major sect of Udasin ascetics was originally not Shaiva - nor even Hindu - but belonged to the Sikh religion.
- The leaves are said to be invigorating and an aphrodisiac and, therefore, not to be used by celibates and ascetics.
- Brahmins and ascetics play their part, but their roles are secondary to those of Ayodhya's ruling family, and the monkey and demon warriors.
- The protagonist moves through various stages of life, from living with ascetics to participating in the marketplace, neither of which bring satisfaction.
- They appear as often as not in religious contexts and associated with marginal Christian groups, whether ascetics or heretics.
- Participants examine ancient practices, contemporary practices, iconography, literature and even the way in which modern medical research supports some of the traditional claims of ascetics.
- The same goes for gnostic Christianity, where we had the strict ascetics on the one hand and the extreme libertines on the other.
- Later, the Fuke school came to be composed primarily of wandering, non-ordained ascetics who specialized in playing the shakuhachi flute.
Synonyms
abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, anchoress, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin asceticus or Greek askētikos, from askētēs ‘monk’, from askein ‘to exercise’.

单词	ascetic
释义	Definition of ascetic in English: ascetic adjective əˈsɛtɪkəˈsɛdɪk 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 Example sentencesExamples Yet the texts are firmly part of the later medieval world: the first two come from the writings of visionary women mystics and the last from a rigorously ascetic monastic theologian. It will doubtless surprise some viewers to learn that the monks' daily routine is not dominated by the strict, ascetic activities one might suppose. Sufism emphasises the more mystical and ascetic aspects of the religion. The people communicate with him by way of ascetic disciplines on certain sacred mountains. The motive was mainly ascetic, but was in part connected with the greater authority which, in antiquity, attached to such renunciation. Indeed most martial arts are based on the creations of Chinese ascetic monks almost a thousand years ago. These three constitute the Supernal Triad - those spheres which are wholly outside the realm of direct human experience for all but the most disciplined and ascetic individuals. Bernard's over-rigorous pursuit of ascetic discipline adversely affected his health. My tastes are modest to the point of ascetic austerity. He himself lived a rigorously ascetic life and observed the monastic precepts faithfully. Buddhism requires ascetic behaviour, including fasting, by its monks, but not from other followers. The seventies were very sleek and empty, more concerned with structure, form, and a certain kind of ascetic rigorousness. True spirituality, or godliness, is found in everyday social relationships as well as in prayer, learning, or ascetic practices. Nor will we gain any great wisdom through the more punitive, ascetic methods. For Brendan, salvation is best accomplished through the monastic way, understood as a combination of ascetic practices and liturgical observance. Cornet always led a frugal and ascetic life, able to live contentedly for weeks on end with the same menu of rice and dried fish. His earlier life of self-indulgence had been unsatisfying, as was his six-year experiment with ascetic penances. He walked away from every system of thought and every ascetic setup that was offered to him as an alternative. I was simply fighting against what I perceived as biblical, doctrinal, and ascetic fundamentalism. While there is not too much on the theology of the cross, or on the phenomenon of monasticism, all authors speak from the reality of a crucified, ascetic tradition. Synonyms austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious, non-indulgent, self-disciplined, frugal, simple, rigorous, strict, severe, hair-shirt, spartan, monastic, monkish, nunlike reclusive, solitary, cloistered, eremitic, anchoritic, hermitic celibate, continent, chaste, puritanical, self-abnegating, other-worldly, mortified noun əˈsɛtɪkəˈsɛdɪk A person who follows an ascetic life. Example sentencesExamples The major sect of Udasin ascetics was originally not Shaiva - nor even Hindu - but belonged to the Sikh religion. Missionaries in the African churches, and probably elsewhere, were normally unmarried ascetics living in the utmost simplicity. The same goes for gnostic Christianity, where we had the strict ascetics on the one hand and the extreme libertines on the other. Mystics and ascetics have been telling us for ages that the goal of life is to learn how to die. Brahmins and ascetics play their part, but their roles are secondary to those of Ayodhya's ruling family, and the monkey and demon warriors. The leaves are said to be invigorating and an aphrodisiac and, therefore, not to be used by celibates and ascetics. When you read Bondi on the desert ascetics and medieval mystics, you are there. These are the qualities of Siva, the lord of yogis and ascetics. A special sanctity often attached to religious hermits and saintly ascetics, who were revered for their piety and sought out for the healing abilities of the blessed power attributed to them. Participants examine ancient practices, contemporary practices, iconography, literature and even the way in which modern medical research supports some of the traditional claims of ascetics. Its appeal is on many different levels and, through the ages, ascetics and scholars alike have dedicated their lives to studying, collating, and translating the varied and voluminous material. They appear as often as not in religious contexts and associated with marginal Christian groups, whether ascetics or heretics. The protagonist moves through various stages of life, from living with ascetics to participating in the marketplace, neither of which bring satisfaction. I don't mean mystics and ascetics, who are often wrongly accused of such world - hatred. The composition of hymns of the Rig-Veda was done by Hindu recluses, ascetics, Rishis and Sages rooted in the realities of life inside the society. He formed an order of ascetics devoted to develop a sense of community with the help of religious injunctions and instructions. Later, the Fuke school came to be composed primarily of wandering, non-ordained ascetics who specialized in playing the shakuhachi flute. In all four Vedas, there are references to women ascetics reciting Vedic hymns and even creating mantras. We can see well enough that Paul had to fight the Gnostics, the Platonists, and the ascetics on these counts. The ascetics would go out and, with great exertion, meditate for months and years under a tree or leaning against a boulder. Synonyms abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, anchoress, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk Islam fakir, Sufi, dervish Hinduism yogi, rishi, sannyasi in India sadhu, muni in Japan hikikomori rare gymnosophist, marabout, santon, eremite, stylite, pillar saint, pillar hermit, pillarist, aerialist, cenobite Derivatives ascetically adverbəˈsɛtɪk(ə)liəˈsɛdək(ə)li Buddhist monks spend twenty years living ascetically and meditating for hours at a time before they presume to believe that they have conquered all selfish desires. Example sentencesExamples Resigning his see to write, preach, and travel, he lived ascetically in London. The family lived rather ascetically. Are all men welcome to go there only if they live as monks, sharing the humility and simple lives of the inhabitants, eating, dressing, and living ascetically and piously, etc.? She had lived ascetically to the point where she destroyed her fragile mental and physical health. Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin asceticus or Greek askētikos, from askētēs 'monk', from askein 'to exercise'. Suggestive of severe self-discipline and abstention from indulgence, ascetic is from Greek askētikos. The base is askētēs ‘monk’. Rhymes aesthetic (US esthetic), alphabetic, anaesthetic (US anesthetic), antithetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cosmetic, cybernetic, diabetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, energetic, exegetic, frenetic, genetic, Helvetic, hermetic, homiletic, kinetic, magnetic, metic, mimetic, parenthetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, photosynthetic, poetic, prophetic, prothetic, psychokinetic, splenetic, sympathetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, telekinetic, theoretic, zetetic Definition of ascetic in US English: ascetic adjectiveəˈsedikəˈsɛdɪk Characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor a narrow, humorless, ascetic face Example sentencesExamples Nor will we gain any great wisdom through the more punitive, ascetic methods. Sufism emphasises the more mystical and ascetic aspects of the religion. For Brendan, salvation is best accomplished through the monastic way, understood as a combination of ascetic practices and liturgical observance. My tastes are modest to the point of ascetic austerity. He himself lived a rigorously ascetic life and observed the monastic precepts faithfully. Bernard's over-rigorous pursuit of ascetic discipline adversely affected his health. The seventies were very sleek and empty, more concerned with structure, form, and a certain kind of ascetic rigorousness. His earlier life of self-indulgence had been unsatisfying, as was his six-year experiment with ascetic penances. The motive was mainly ascetic, but was in part connected with the greater authority which, in antiquity, attached to such renunciation. While there is not too much on the theology of the cross, or on the phenomenon of monasticism, all authors speak from the reality of a crucified, ascetic tradition. It will doubtless surprise some viewers to learn that the monks' daily routine is not dominated by the strict, ascetic activities one might suppose. I was simply fighting against what I perceived as biblical, doctrinal, and ascetic fundamentalism. The people communicate with him by way of ascetic disciplines on certain sacred mountains. Cornet always led a frugal and ascetic life, able to live contentedly for weeks on end with the same menu of rice and dried fish. He walked away from every system of thought and every ascetic setup that was offered to him as an alternative. Buddhism requires ascetic behaviour, including fasting, by its monks, but not from other followers. Yet the texts are firmly part of the later medieval world: the first two come from the writings of visionary women mystics and the last from a rigorously ascetic monastic theologian. Indeed most martial arts are based on the creations of Chinese ascetic monks almost a thousand years ago. These three constitute the Supernal Triad - those spheres which are wholly outside the realm of direct human experience for all but the most disciplined and ascetic individuals. True spirituality, or godliness, is found in everyday social relationships as well as in prayer, learning, or ascetic practices. Synonyms austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious, non-indulgent, self-disciplined, frugal, simple, rigorous, strict, severe, hair-shirt, spartan, monastic, monkish, nunlike nounəˈsedikəˈsɛdɪk A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention. Example sentencesExamples These are the qualities of Siva, the lord of yogis and ascetics. I don't mean mystics and ascetics, who are often wrongly accused of such world - hatred. In all four Vedas, there are references to women ascetics reciting Vedic hymns and even creating mantras. Mystics and ascetics have been telling us for ages that the goal of life is to learn how to die. The ascetics would go out and, with great exertion, meditate for months and years under a tree or leaning against a boulder. Its appeal is on many different levels and, through the ages, ascetics and scholars alike have dedicated their lives to studying, collating, and translating the varied and voluminous material. A special sanctity often attached to religious hermits and saintly ascetics, who were revered for their piety and sought out for the healing abilities of the blessed power attributed to them. The composition of hymns of the Rig-Veda was done by Hindu recluses, ascetics, Rishis and Sages rooted in the realities of life inside the society. He formed an order of ascetics devoted to develop a sense of community with the help of religious injunctions and instructions. When you read Bondi on the desert ascetics and medieval mystics, you are there. We can see well enough that Paul had to fight the Gnostics, the Platonists, and the ascetics on these counts. Missionaries in the African churches, and probably elsewhere, were normally unmarried ascetics living in the utmost simplicity. The major sect of Udasin ascetics was originally not Shaiva - nor even Hindu - but belonged to the Sikh religion. The leaves are said to be invigorating and an aphrodisiac and, therefore, not to be used by celibates and ascetics. Brahmins and ascetics play their part, but their roles are secondary to those of Ayodhya's ruling family, and the monkey and demon warriors. The protagonist moves through various stages of life, from living with ascetics to participating in the marketplace, neither of which bring satisfaction. They appear as often as not in religious contexts and associated with marginal Christian groups, whether ascetics or heretics. Participants examine ancient practices, contemporary practices, iconography, literature and even the way in which modern medical research supports some of the traditional claims of ascetics. The same goes for gnostic Christianity, where we had the strict ascetics on the one hand and the extreme libertines on the other. Later, the Fuke school came to be composed primarily of wandering, non-ordained ascetics who specialized in playing the shakuhachi flute. Synonyms abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, anchoress, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin asceticus or Greek askētikos, from askētēs ‘monk’, from askein ‘to exercise’.
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