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ascetic

/ə'sɛtɪk/

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adjective
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
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"ascetic practices"

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ascetical
adjective
practicing great self-denial
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"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"

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ascetical austere spartan abstemious
noun
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
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abstainer

type of:
religious person

Examples of ascetic

"ascetic practices"
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"