This flashcard defines "ascetic" as an adjective or noun referring to someone who practices or embodies severe self-discipline or self-denial.
This flashcard defines "ascetic" as an adjective or noun referring to someone who practices or embodies severe self-discipline or self-denial.
| Back | ascetic /uh-SET-ik/ |
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| Front | adjective Practicing severe self-discipline or self-denial. noun One who practices severe self-discipline or self-denial. [From Greek askesis (exercise or training), from askein (to exercise or work). Earliest documented use: 1646.] “This exhibition of roughly 50 paintings lays out the magpie path that took Mondrian from stolid burgher to ascetic modernist.” - Michael Prodger; From Windmills to Modernism; New Statesman (London, UK); May 30, 2014. |
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