ascetic
pronunciation
How to pronounce ascetic in British English:
UK [əˈsetɪk]
How to pronounce ascetic in American English:
US [əˈsetɪk]
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- Noun:
- practices self denial as spiritual discipline
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- Adjective:
- pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
- practicing great self-denial
Word Origin
- ascetic (adj.)
- 1640s, from Greek asketikos "rigorously self-disciplined, laborious," from asketes "monk, hermit," earlier "one who practices an art or trade," from askein "to exercise, train," originally "to train for athletic competition, practice gymnastics, exercise."
- ascetic (n.)
- "one of the early Christians who retired to the desert to live solitary lives of meditation and prayer," 1670s, from ascetic (adj.).
Example
- 1. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic .
- 2. When abstinence is the only choice , an ascetic frame of mind comes easy .
- 3. Jobs is routinely photographed on a stage holding an apple product , evidently pleased with his success yet with an ascetic appearance that has always said I care more about the product than the personal success .
- 4. Adolf hitler and winston churchill . It was a rivalry that pitted a member of the petit bourgeoisie against a son of the aristocracy , an ascetic against a hedonist , and ideologue against a pragmatist , a murderer against an adventurer , a racist revolutionary against an imperial political realist .
- 5. Photograph by michael yamashita a hindu ascetic , or sadhu , wrapped in a bright-red cloth , smokes underneath a vad ( banyan ) tree outside a temple in mumbai ( bombay ) , india .