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#1 ascetic n. [abstainer] someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline. wn
#2 ascetic a. [ascetical] pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices". wn
#3 ascetic s. [ascetical, austere, spartan] practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence". wn
#2 ascetic a. [ascetical] pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices". wn
#3 ascetic s. [ascetical, austere, spartan] practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence". wn
