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Definition
someone who practices self-denial (often to encourage spiritual growth); or relating to such self-denialor:
severely plain (without decoration)
- The ascetic life has been more pronounced in Hinduism and Buddhism than in other major religions.
ascetic = the practice of self-denial
- Most religions have or have had traces of asceticism in order to achieve a spiritual goal.
- He was systematically ascetic. He would do something for no other reason than that he would rather not do it.
- an extreme ascetic lying on a bed of nails
- Simon and Andrew's abandonment of what were effectively their most important worldly possessions, was taken as a model by later Christian ascetics.The Twelve Apostles/Disciples - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Apostles (retrieved 05/20/06)
- Hindus stress meditation to acquire knowledge beyond the mind and body, a trait that is often associated with the ascetic deity Shiva.Hinduism - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism (retrieved 05/20/06)
- Hester sought not to acquire anything beyond a subsistence, of the plainest and most ascetic description, for herself...Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
- "A non-materialist. And yet you are unpleasantly fat.
A gluttonous ascetic? Such a contradiction."
"When I'm tense, I eat."Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game - In college McCandless began emulating Tolstoy's asceticism and moral rigor to a degree that first astonished, and then alarmed, those who were close to him.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- Living rather ascetically, travelling third-class ... and penalizing himself for any extravagances, he maintained a qualified financial independence.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
- He had been a celebrated ascetic, rigid in fasting and silence,Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
- But I am no longer the one I was, I am no ascetic any more, I am not a priest any more, I am no Brahman any more.Hermann Hesse -- Siddhartha
- Saint-Sulpice was stark and cold, conveying an almost barren quality reminiscent of the ascetic cathedrals of Spain.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- Romance and Asceticism ... are equally unreal in the great Philistine world.George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
- Hester sought not to acquire anything beyond a subsistence, of the plainest and most ascetic description, for herself, and a simple abundance for her child.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
- ...the Manichaeans believed that the world and all matter were created by nefarious forces, and that the only way to battle them was through asceticism and a pure life.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- There was something ascetic in her look, which was augmented by the extreme plainness of a straight-skirted, black, stuff dress, a starched linen collar, hair combed away from the temples, and the nun-like ornament of a string of ebony beads and a crucifix.Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
- you are an ascetic, a monk, a hermit!Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment
- For all his culture, Cecil was an ascetic at heart, and nothing in his love became him like the leaving of it.E.M. Forster -- A Room With A View
- ...the penances of those of the present day do not come up to the asceticism and austerity of former times;Miguel de Cervantes -- Don Quixote
asceticism = belief in the benefits of self-denial
ascetic = one who practices self-denial
asceticism = practice of self-denial
ascetically = in the manner of someone who practices self-denial
ascetic = someone who practices self-denial (especially to encourage spiritual growth)
ascetic = someone who practices self-denial
ascetic = severely plain (without decoration)
asceticism = the practice of self-denial (especially to encourage spiritual growth)
ascetic = basic (without luxury — as of someone who practices self-denial)
asceticism = the practice of extreme self-denial
ascetic = severely plain — like one who practices self-denial (often to encourage spiritual growth)
ascetic = someone who practices self-denial
ascetic = someone who practices self-denial
asceticism = the practice of extreme self-denial (often to encourage spiritual growth)
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