Definition of asceticism in English:

asceticism

noun əˈsɛtɪsɪz(ə)məˈsɛdəˌsɪzəm

mass noun

Severe self-discipline and avoiding of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
acts of physical asceticism
Example sentencesExamples
- This Pharisee was boasting, in other words, of an asceticism beyond the norm.
- With regard to marriage Luther pursues the same idea: The marital relationship between a man and a woman is true chastity and of higher value than monastic asceticism.
- The icon, in particular, is a practical form of art, dealing directly with questions of spiritual life such as holiness and asceticism.
- He had now experienced both the extremes of a life of ease and comfort (as a prince) and the life of extreme austerity and asceticism.
- In his time the religious energy and zeal were flowing away from the empirical world into the desert of otherworldliness, asceticism and renunciation.
Synonyms
austerity, self-denial, abstinence, abstemiousness, non-indulgence, self-discipline, frugality, simplicity, rigour, strictness, severity
a hair shirt, a spartan life, monasticism, monkishness, reclusiveness, solitude, hermitism, celibacy, continence, chastity, puritanism, self-abnegation, other-worldliness, self-mortification
archaic anchorism

Definition of asceticism in US English:

asceticism

nounəˈsɛdəˌsɪzəməˈsedəˌsizəm

Severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
acts of physical asceticism
Example sentencesExamples
- This Pharisee was boasting, in other words, of an asceticism beyond the norm.
- With regard to marriage Luther pursues the same idea: The marital relationship between a man and a woman is true chastity and of higher value than monastic asceticism.
- In his time the religious energy and zeal were flowing away from the empirical world into the desert of otherworldliness, asceticism and renunciation.
- He had now experienced both the extremes of a life of ease and comfort (as a prince) and the life of extreme austerity and asceticism.
- The icon, in particular, is a practical form of art, dealing directly with questions of spiritual life such as holiness and asceticism.
Synonyms
austerity, self-denial, abstinence, abstemiousness, non-indulgence, self-discipline, frugality, simplicity, rigour, strictness, severity

单词	asceticism
释义	Definition of asceticism in English: asceticism noun əˈsɛtɪsɪz(ə)məˈsɛdəˌsɪzəm mass noun Severe self-discipline and avoiding of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. acts of physical asceticism Example sentencesExamples This Pharisee was boasting, in other words, of an asceticism beyond the norm. With regard to marriage Luther pursues the same idea: The marital relationship between a man and a woman is true chastity and of higher value than monastic asceticism. The icon, in particular, is a practical form of art, dealing directly with questions of spiritual life such as holiness and asceticism. He had now experienced both the extremes of a life of ease and comfort (as a prince) and the life of extreme austerity and asceticism. In his time the religious energy and zeal were flowing away from the empirical world into the desert of otherworldliness, asceticism and renunciation. Synonyms austerity, self-denial, abstinence, abstemiousness, non-indulgence, self-discipline, frugality, simplicity, rigour, strictness, severity a hair shirt, a spartan life, monasticism, monkishness, reclusiveness, solitude, hermitism, celibacy, continence, chastity, puritanism, self-abnegation, other-worldliness, self-mortification archaic anchorism Definition of asceticism in US English: asceticism nounəˈsɛdəˌsɪzəməˈsedəˌsizəm Severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. acts of physical asceticism Example sentencesExamples This Pharisee was boasting, in other words, of an asceticism beyond the norm. With regard to marriage Luther pursues the same idea: The marital relationship between a man and a woman is true chastity and of higher value than monastic asceticism. In his time the religious energy and zeal were flowing away from the empirical world into the desert of otherworldliness, asceticism and renunciation. He had now experienced both the extremes of a life of ease and comfort (as a prince) and the life of extreme austerity and asceticism. The icon, in particular, is a practical form of art, dealing directly with questions of spiritual life such as holiness and asceticism. Synonyms austerity, self-denial, abstinence, abstemiousness, non-indulgence, self-discipline, frugality, simplicity, rigour, strictness, severity
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