ascetic

Adjective
  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline (synset 302654828)
    "ascetic practices"
    same as: ascetical
  2. Practicing great self-denial (synset 300009637)
    "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
    similar to: abstemious - sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
    same as: ascetical, austere, spartan
Noun
  1. Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline (synset 109777504)
    is a type of: religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
    subtypes:
    • puritan - someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
    • stylite - an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
    same as: abstainer

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