Both Uses of
austere
in
Into the Wild
- The desert is the environment of revelation, genetically and physiologically alien, sensorily austere, esthetically abstract, historically inimical….
p. 25..1austere = with a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
- McCandless was stirred by the austerity of this landscape,
p. 32..8 *austerity = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
Definition:
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(austere) a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial