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the practice of living a simple life without physical pleasures, often for religious reasons: He believed a closer relationship with God could be found through strict asceticism. It seems unfair to judge her by the asceticism of the office that she moved into less than six months ago. See.
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ASCETICISM meaning: 1. the practice of living a simple life...
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The meaning of ASCETICISM is the practice of strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline : the condition, practice, or mode of life of an ascetic : rigorous abstention from self-indulgence. How to use asceticism in a sentence.
Asceticism [a] is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. [3]
noun. the manner of life, practices, or principles of an ascetic. the doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification, and the like. rigorous self-denial; extreme abstinence; austerity.
Asceticism is rigorous self-denial, particularly the rejection of the pleasures of the world. If you don't drink, smoke, eat sugar, see movies, use the internet, or have a cell phone, then you are already practicing a kind of asceticism.
asceticism, (from Greek askeō: “to exercise,” or “to train”), the practice of the denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal. Hardly any religion has been without at least traces or some features of asceticism.
asceticism in British English. (əˈsɛtɪˌsɪzəm ) noun. 1. the behaviour, discipline, or outlook of an ascetic, esp of a religious ascetic. 2. the principles of ascetic practices, esp in the early Christian Church. 3. the theory and system of ascetic practices.
