Associations to the word «Ascetic»
Noun
- Righteousness
- Morality
- Adherent
- Preacher
- Deity
- Solitude
- Desert
- Sanskrit
- Prowess
- Martyrdom
- Simeon
- Guise
- Orthodoxy
- Krishna
- Ra
- Enlightenment
- Ideal
- Virtue
- Initiation
- Scripture
- Practice
- Sacrifice
- Discipline
- Salvation
- Robe
- Basil
- Ritual
- Reverence
- Follower
- Kon
- Repentance
- Bce
- Retreat
- Tradition
- Rite
- Perfection
- Prayer
- Worship
- Jerome
- Slayer
- Complexion
- Wealth
- Pilgrim
- Martyr
- Doctrine
- Wretch
- Theologian
- Sin
- Orthodox
- Suffering
- Religious
- Restraint
- Temptation
- Rejection
- Theology
- Christian
- Religion
- Piety
- Nietzsche
- Tice
- Rigor
- Regimen
Adjective
Wiktionary
ASCETIC, adjective. Of or relating to ascetics; characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
ASCETIC, noun. One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.
Dictionary definition
ASCETIC, noun. Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline.
ASCETIC, adjective. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices".
ASCETIC, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.