Ascetic synonyms

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austere
Grim or severe in manner or appearance
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rigorous
Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigour; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.
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essene
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antinomian (related)
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fakir
A member of a Muslim holy sect who lives by begging
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mortifier of the flesh
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hermit
A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
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plain
Straightforward; frank or candid:
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monk
(Slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
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religious devotee
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anchorite
A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.
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self-denier
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nun
The languages of the Bamun people of western Cameroon.
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self-tormenter
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stylite
(Christianity, historical) A Christian ascetic in ancient times who lived alone on top of a tall pillar.
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eremite
A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
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puritan
Any member of a Protestant group in England and the American colonies that in the 16th and 17th cent. wanted to make the Church of England simpler in its services and stricter about morals
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yogi
A person who practices yoga
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flagellant
A person who engages in or submits to flagellation
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recluse
A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude.
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moderate (related)
Mild; calm; gentle; not violent
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modest (related)
Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress, especially in the avoidance of arousing sexual interest.
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See syn. study at (related)
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severe (related)
Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:
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abstinent
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
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celibate
Of or in a state of celibacy
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disciplined
Having or characterized by discipline
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exacting
The definition of exacting is making excessive demands, or requiring great patience and effort.
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firm
Fixed (in opinion)
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fixed
Firmly in position; stationary:
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harsh
The definition of harsh is someone or something unpleasant to the senses or feelings, or someone who is crude or extremely cruel.
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precise
The definition of precise is exact.
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self-denying
Without concern for ones own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing
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self-disciplined
Having self-discipline, be in control of one's self and one's actions.
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stoic
Alternative capitalization of stoic
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strict
Not loose or vague; exact or precise:
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unbending
Aloof; austere
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anchoret
Alternative spelling of anchorite.
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ascesis
Self-discipline
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asceticism
The definition of asceticism is a practice in which one gets rid of worldly pleasures and focuses on thinking, particularly for religious or spiritual purposes.
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austerity
The quality of being austere.
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sabbatarian
A Christian who favors rigid observance of Sunday as the Sabbath
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self-denial
Taking action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others.
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self-discipline
Control of oneself, willpower.
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self-mortification
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solitary
One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.
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solitudinarian
One leading a solitary or secluded life.
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spartan
Not luxurious or ornate; plain; austere
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abstainer
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something they enjoy, such as the use of intoxicating liquors, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
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simple-speaking
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unpoetical
Not poetical
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pious (related)
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piety (related)
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brahmin (related)
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bodhisattva (related)
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penitent
A person performing penance under the direction of a confessor.
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holy man
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stark
Clearly distinguished or delineated:
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  • Here he lived a quiet if not an ascetic life.

  • The first four gurus led simple ascetic lives and were regardless of wordly affairs.

  • It shows a clear discernment of the dangers of the ascetic life, and a deep insight into the significance of the Augustinian doctrine of grace.

  • The ascetic orders resemble the Franciscans of Christianity.

  • A more or less ascetic mode of life was also natural under the circumstances.

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