ascetic
as·ce·tic
adjective
1.
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
- “ascetic practices”
2.
- “Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it” William James
- “a desert nomad”
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noun
1.
practices self denial as spiritual discipline
Origin
From Medieval Latin asceticus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητικός (askētikós), from ἀσκητής (askētḗs, “monk, hermit”), from ἀσκέω (askéō, “to exercise”).
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