Adjective: ascetic u'se-tik
- Practising great self-denial
"Be systematically ascetic … do … something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it";
- ascetical, austere, spartan
- Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
"ascetic practices";
- ascetical
- Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
"The ascetic lived a simple life in the mountains, eschewing material possessions";
- abstainer
Derived forms: ascetics
See also: abstemious
Type of: religious person
Encyclopedia: Ascetic