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ASCETICAL adjective

Definition of ascetical (adjective)

  1. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
    • "ascetic practices"
    • synonyms: ascetic
  2. 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"
    • synonyms: ascetic, austere, spartan
Source: Princeton University Wordnet
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