Ascetic Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of ASCETIC

[more ascetic; most ascetic]

formal

:

relating to or having a strict and simple way of living that avoids physical pleasure

• an ascetic monk
• an ascetic scholar
• the ascetic [=severe, _austere_] life of monks
• an ascetic diet of rice and beans

— ascetic

noun,

plural

ascetics

[count]

• She left the comforts of home to live the life of an ascetic.

— asceticism

/əˈsɛtəˌsɪzəm/

noun

[noncount]

• religious asceticism