ascetic
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
Types & categories
- religious person hypernym
- puritan hyponym
- stylite hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
ascetic practices
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
practicing great self-denial
Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it
Related & opposite
- austerity derivation
- abstainer derivation
- abstemious similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | desist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascetic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascetic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | religious person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | puritan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stylite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstainer |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | abstainer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | austerity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstainer |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | abstemious |