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Asceticism

As-cet′i-cism

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Noun.

The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.

Definition 2024

asceticism

asceticism

English

Noun

asceticism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural asceticisms)

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

Antonyms

hedonism

Related terms

Translations

the principles and practices of an ascetic

Albanian: asketizëm (sq)
Belarusian: аскетызм m ‎(askjetýzm)
Bulgarian: аскетизъм (bg) m ‎(asketízǎm)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 禁慾主義 (zh), 禁欲主义 ‎(jìnyùzhǔyì), 苦行主義, 苦行主义 ‎(kǔxíngzhǔyì)
Czech: askeze f, asketismus m, asketizmus m
Dutch: ascetisme (nl) n
Esperanto: asketismo
French: ascétisme (fr) m, ascèse (fr) f
German: Askese (de) f
Hungarian: aszkézis (hu)

Ido: asketismo (io)
Japanese: 禁欲主義 ‎(きんよくしゅぎ, kin'yokushugi)
Polish: ascetyzm (pl)
Portuguese: ascetismo (pt) m, asceticismo m, ascética f
Russian: аскети́зм (ru) m ‎(asketízm)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: аскетизам m

Roman: asketizam (sh) m
Spanish: ascetismo (es) m, ascética (es) f
Swedish: askes (sv)
Ukrainian: аскетизм (uk) m ‎(asketýzm)