adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to ascetics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ascetic
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ə-sĕt′ĭk
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/əˈsɛ.tɪk/
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rhymes with -ɛtɪk
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adj
Meaning 2
Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1999, Alan Davies, Tradition and Modernity in Protestant Christianity, Karigoudar Ishwaran (editor), Ascetic Culture: Renunciation and Worldly Engagement, page 30, The rich communal life of the most ascetic Protestants, for example, the Hutterites and the Old Order Mennonites, with their nineteenth century dress and preference for antiquated technology, refutes such superficial judgments.
- 2004, Phyllis G. Jestice, Ascetics as Holy People, Phyllis G. Jestice (editor), Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Entries A to G, page 70, Throughout the hagiographical tradition, though, holy people have engaged in more ascetic practices than the population at large, usually proceeding two or three degrees beyond what is expected among the merely pious.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ascetic practices
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ascetical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
practicing great self-denial- William James
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it
- a desert nomad's austere life
- a spartan diet
- a spartan existence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ascetical, austere, spartan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abstainer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious person
Narrower terms: puritan, stylite
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀσκέω (askéō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek ἀσκητής (askētḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀσκητῐκός (askētĭkós)der. Medieval Latin asceticusbor. English ascetic First use appears c. 1646. From Medieval Latin asceticus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητικός (askētikós), from ἀσκητής (askētḗs, “monk, hermit”), from ἀσκέω (askéō, “to exercise”).
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: نُسُكِيّ (nusukiyy) — related to ascetics
- Bulgarian: аскети́чен (asketíčen) — related to ascetics
- Catalan: ascètic — related to ascetics
- Cornish: ankarus — related to ascetics
- Czech: asketický — related to ascetics
- Danish: asketisk — related to ascetics
- Esperanto: asketisma — related to ascetics
- Finnish: askeettinen — related to ascetics
- French: ascétique — related to ascetics
- German: asketisch — related to ascetics
- Greek: ασκητικός (askitikós) — related to ascetics
- Hungarian: aszketikus — related to ascetics
- Indonesian: asketis — related to ascetics
- Indonesian: zuhud — related to ascetics
- Irish: aiséitiúil — related to ascetics
- Italian: ascetico — related to ascetics
- Kazakh: сопылық (sopylyq) — related to ascetics
- Northern Kurdish: zahîd — related to ascetics
- Macedonian: а́скетски (ásketski) — related to ascetics
- Polish: ascetyczny — related to ascetics
- Portuguese: ascético — related to ascetics
- Romanian: ascetic — related to ascetics
- Russian: аскети́чный (asketíčnyj) — related to ascetics
- Spanish: ascético — related to ascetics
- Swedish: asketisk — related to ascetics
- Welsh: asgetig — related to ascetics
- Welsh: asgetaidd — related to ascetics
- Albanian: asket — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Arabic: نَاسِك (nāsik) — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Azerbaijani: asket — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Azerbaijani: münzəvi — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Azerbaijani: tərki-dünya — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Bulgarian: аскет (asket) — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Catalan: asceta — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Chinese Mandarin: 苦行者 — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Czech: asketa — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Danish: asket — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Dutch: asceet — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Esperanto: asketo — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Finnish: askeetti — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- French: ascète — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- German: Asket — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- German: Asketin — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Greek: ασκητής (askitís) — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Greek: ασκήτρια (askítria) — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Hungarian: aszkéta — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Icelandic: meinlætamaður — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Indonesian: asket — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Indonesian: aulia — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Indonesian: petapa — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Indonesian: pertapa — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Indonesian: zahid — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Irish: aiséiteach — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Italian: asceta — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Japanese: 修験者 (syugenja) — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Latin: ascēta — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Macedonian: а́скет (ásket) — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Malay: pertapa — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Malay: zahid — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Malayalam: സന്ന്യാസി (sannyāsi) — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Polish: asceta — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Polish: ascetka — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Portuguese: asceta — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Romanian: ascet — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Russian: аске́т (askét) — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Spanish: asceta — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Swedish: asket — devotee to the practice of self-denial
- Tagalog: aseta — devotee to the practice of self-denial
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