asceticism

[US]/əˈsetɪsɪzəm/
[UK]/əˈsetɪsɪzəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. self-discipline; a lifestyle characterized by abstinence and self-denial.

Example Sentences

asceticism practiced in a monastery.

He next practised asceticism, which was very common among Samanas.

Leo Tolstoy, who in his fifties gave up much of his wealth and devoted himself to a life of pacificism and asceticism, had as one of his disciples a certain wealthy aristocrat named Chertkov.

The monk embraced asceticism as a way of life.

Asceticism often involves fasting and self-denial.

Some people practice asceticism to focus on spiritual growth.

Asceticism can be seen as a form of extreme discipline.

Asceticism is often associated with simplicity and minimalism.

In some cultures, asceticism is highly respected.

Asceticism can be a path to spiritual enlightenment.

Many philosophers have explored the concept of asceticism in their writings.

Real-world Examples

Then we strive to live according to our own asceticism.

Source: 2019 ITERO - The One New Man Fulfilling God’s Purpose

I am no customer for either Puritanism or asceticism.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

The mix of asceticism and mysticism suggests an author who thinks the real action is happening in another realm.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Prayer is not included, and neither is asceticism.

Source: The Death of God

Mental excess could produce, for its own purposes, the voluntary blindness and deafness of deliberate solitude, the artificial impotence of asceticism.

Source: Brave New World

Asceticism of this sort is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

Of the asceticism that deadens the senses, as of the vulgar profligacy that dulls them, it was to know nothing.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

When we enter into genuine prayer, we are far away from asceticism and all other isms, for we are one with the living Lord.

Source: 2019 ITERO - The One New Man Fulfilling God’s Purpose

As a youth, I had only to do with asceticism, with thinking and meditation, was searching for Brahman, worshipped the eternal in the Atman.

Source: Siddhartha (Original Version)

Well educated, well endowed, and not deficient physically, he remained in the grip of a certain devil whom the modern world knows as self-consciousness, and whom the medieval, with dimmer vision, worshipped as asceticism.

Source: The Room with a View (Part 1)

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