ascetic
/əˈsɛtɪk/
noun
- A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstains from pleasures, especially for religious or spiritual reasons.
- He was not a complete ascetic; he enjoyed simple pleasures like a good book.
- The ascetic lived in a small cave, owning only a single robe and a bowl.
- Many early Christian ascetics retreated to the desert to live in solitude.
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adjective
- Characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence.
- His ascetic training routine involved running ten miles before dawn every day.
- They led an ascetic lifestyle, eating only plain rice and vegetables.
- The room was ascetic, with bare walls and a single wooden chair.
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