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Related Terms:
sannyasa
rigorous
arhat
abstinence
gymnosophist
essene
withholding
qalandar
ascetical
asceticism
pleasure
fakir
stylite
self denial
monkish
sufi
hairshirt
fakeer
nonascetic
sadhu
austere
sannyasi
stringent
encratite
yamabushi
desert father
dervish
unascetic
pelagian
whirling dervish
self discipline
abstinent
ascetics
ascetically
muni
akhara
seclusion
holy man
physical
Definitions:
Noun
Definition: One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.
Adjective
ascetic
ascetical
Definition: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"
ascetic
ascetical
austere
spartan
Definition: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
Definition: Of or relating to ascetics