Associations to the word «Ascetic»
Noun
- Pu
- Immortality
- Scruple
- Habit
- Franciscan
- Garment
- Wendy
- Pale
- Dweller
- Reformer
- Desire
- Wrath
- Countenance
- Drinking
- Priest
- Himalayas
- Shaman
- Ga
- Saint
- Syria
- Islamic
- Deni
- Impulse
- Inner
- Cosmology
- Severity
- Paula
- Sensibility
- Ism
- Dedication
- Persecution
- Forgiveness
- Commandment
- Foe
- Life
- Baptist
- Va
- Genealogy
- Pascal
- Sexuality
- Mani
- Jurist
- Kashmir
- Self
- Isolation
- Practitioner
- Gaul
- Alexandria
- Dress
- Deer
- Ta
- Abu
- Passion
- Augustine
- Cave
- Soul
Adjective
Adverb
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
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.