Asceticism
nounid
6368·updated May 18, 2026verified
the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
polysemous
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Variants
- synonym
- ascesisausteritynonindulgence
- plural
- Asceticisms
- possessive
- Asceticism's
- pluralpossessive
- Asceticisms'
Framework definitions
- §1
- rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
- §2
- the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
- §3
- the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
- §1 · legacy_primary
- the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual stateDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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