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The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ascesis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: austerity, nonindulgence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: self-discipline, self-denial
Narrower terms: monasticism
the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
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 Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English asceticism From ascetic + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
askese
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Albanian:
asketizëm
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Arabic:
زُهْد
(zuhd)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Armenian:
ասկետիզմ
(asketizm)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Asturian:
ascetismu
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Asturian:
ascética
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Azerbaijani:
askentizm
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Basque:
aszetismo
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Belarusian:
аскеты́зм
(askjetýzm)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Bulgarian:
аскети́зъм
(asketízǎm)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Catalan:
ascetisme
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Chinese Mandarin:
禁慾主義 /禁欲主义
(jìnyùzhǔyì)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Chinese Mandarin:
苦行主義 /苦行主义
(kǔxíngzhǔyì)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Czech:
askeze
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Czech:
asketismus
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Czech:
asketizmus
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Danish:
askese
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Dutch:
ascetisme
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Esperanto:
asketismo
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Finnish:
asketismi
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Finnish:
askeesi
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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French:
ascétisme
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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French:
ascèse
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Galician:
ascetismo
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Galician:
ascética
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Georgian:
ასკეტიზმი
(asḳeṭizmi)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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German:
Askese
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Hungarian:
aszkézis
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Hungarian:
aszketizmus
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Hungarian:
önmegtagadás
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Hungarian:
önsanyargatás
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Ido:
asketismo
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Indonesian:
asketisme
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Indonesian:
kezuhudan
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Indonesian:
mati raga
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Interlingua:
ascetismo
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Italian:
ascetismo
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Italian:
ascesi
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Japanese:
禁欲主義
(kin'yokushugi)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Kazakh:
тақуалық
(taqualyq)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Korean:
금욕주의
(geumyokjuui)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Kyrgyz:
аскетизм
(asketizm)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Latvian:
askētisms
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Latvian:
askēze
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Lithuanian:
asketizmas
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Lithuanian:
askezė
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Luxembourgish:
Askes
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Norwegian Bokmål:
askese
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
askese
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Occitan:
ascetisme
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Persian:
ریاضتطلبی
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Polish:
ascetyzm
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Polish:
asceza
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Portuguese:
ascetismo
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Portuguese:
asceticismo
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Portuguese:
ascética
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Romanian:
asceză
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Russian:
аскети́зм
(asketízm)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Serbo-Croatian:
аскетизам
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Serbo-Croatian:
asketizam
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Slovak:
asketizmus
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Spanish:
ascetismo
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Spanish:
ascética
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Swedish:
askes
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Tamil:
துறவு
(tuṟavu)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Tamil:
துறவறம்
(tuṟavaṟam)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Tatar:
тәкъвачылык
(täqwaçılıq)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Thai:
พรตนิยม
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Thai:
สันโดษนิยม
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Turkish:
asetizm
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Ukrainian:
аскети́зм
(asketýzm)
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Uzbek:
usketizm
— the principles and practices of an ascetic
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Welsh:
asgetigiaeth
— the principles and practices of an ascetic