All 4 Uses of
ascetic
in
Tender is the Night
- For him the boundaries of asceticism were differently marked—he could see it as a means to an end, even as a carrying on with a glory it would itself supply, but it was hard to think of deliberately cutting life down to the scale of an inherited suit.†
Chpt 2.4asceticism = the practice of extreme self-denial (often to encourage spiritual growth)
- Living rather ascetically, travelling third-class ... and penalizing himself for any extravagances, he maintained a qualified financial independence.
Chpt 2.12 *ascetically = in the manner of someone who practices self-denial
- His imagination pushed ahead—the old asceticism, the actual unfamiliarity, triumphed: God, I might as well go back to the Riviera and sleep with Janice Caricamento or the Wilburhazy girl.†
Chpt 2.18asceticism = the practice of extreme self-denial (often to encourage spiritual growth)
- Their room was a Mediterranean room, almost ascetic, almost clean, darkened to the glare of the sea.†
Chpt 3.8ascetic = someone who practices self-denial; or something that is severely plain
Definition:
someone who practices self-denial (often to encourage spiritual growth); or relating to such self-denial
or:
severely plain (without decoration)
or:
severely plain (without decoration)