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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who chose to live alone |
| Synonyms: | anchorite, ascetic, eremite, misanthrope, outside of human society anchoret, pillarist, recluse, skeptic, solitaire, solitarian, solitary, stylite |
| Main Entry: | recluse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not want social contact |
| Synonyms: | anchorite, ascetic, cenobite, eremite, hermit, monk, nun, solitaire, solitary, troglodyte |
| Antonyms: | extrovert |
| Main Entry: | abstainer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teetotaler |
| Synonyms: | abstinent, ascetic, dry*, nondrinker, one who is on the wagon, prohibitionist, teetotalist, temperance advocate, water-drinker |
| Antonyms: | drinker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstemiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sobriety |
| Synonyms: | abstinence, ascetic, moderation, restraint, self-denial, temperateness |
| Main Entry: | self-denial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, ascetic, asceticism, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, selflessness |
| Antonyms: | self-indulgence |
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| Main Entry: | self |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Apician, bred in the lap of luxury, brutish, cade, centered in self, cosseted, covetous, crapulous, debauched, dissolute, earthly, earthly-minded, egotistic, egotistical, epicurean, fast, full-fed, illiberal, inabstinent, indulged, intemperate, interested, licentious, luxurious, mean, mercenary, mundane, narrow-minded, nursed in the lap of luxury, pampered, paphian, piggish, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-seeking, selfish, sensual, swinish, sybaritical, time-serving, ungenerous, unspiritual, venal, voluptuous, wild, worldly, worldly-minded, worldly-wise, wrapt up
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