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ascetical
adjective
practicing great self-denial
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- A
- Ends with
- L
- Contains
- SCETICA
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
practicing great self-denial
“{'source': 'William James', 'text': 'Be systematically ascetic … do … something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it'}”
adjective
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
“ascetic practices”
In context
Example Sentences
{'source': 'William James', 'text': 'Be systematically ascetic … do … something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it'}
a desert nomad's austere life
a spartan diet
a spartan existence
ascetic practices
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