ascetic
noun
a person who dedicates their life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
ascetics
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pluralof ascetic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"People live like ascetics for 10 years or more to educate themselves well," wrote another Zhihu user.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2023
Or consider 12th century Taoist ascetics who thought sleep deprivation could bring them closer to the truth.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023
Atop the barren ledges are several hermit cells made of stacked rocks where, as early as the 300s, ascetics lived in extreme deprivation.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
But they’re equally famous because of how uncomfortable many find them, almost like an endurance test, the way ascetics lie on beds of nails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
Wandering ascetics, they were three thin worn-out men, neither old nor young, with dusty and bleeding shoulders, practically naked, scorched by the sun, solitary, strange and hostile—lean jackals in the world of men.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
