ascetical meaning

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ascetical (adjective): pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline.

ascetical has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

ascetical as an adjective

  1. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
    • ascetic practices

    Synonyms: ascetic

    Related forms: ascetic

  2. practicing great self-denial
    • 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

    Synonyms: ascetic, austere, spartan

    Similar: abstemious

    Related forms: ascetic

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