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Asceticism
[uh-set-uh-siz-uhm] 
| Concept: | Asceticism. |
| Category: | 4. Moral practice |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
asceticism, puritanism, sabbatarianism; cynicism, austerity; total abstinence; nephalism., mortification, aceration, sackcloth and ashes, flagellation; penance; fasting; martyrdom., ascetic; anchoret, anchorite; martyr; Heautontimorumenos; hermit (recluse); puritan, sabbatarian, cynic, sanyasi, yogi.
-adjectives
ascetic, austere, puritanical; cynical; over-religious; acerbic.
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| Antonyms: | sensualist |
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| Main Entry: | austerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refraining; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, asceticism, chasteness, chastity, continence, determination, economy, prudence, puritanism, self-denial, self-discipline, sobriety, stoicism, strictness, temperance |
| Antonyms: | elaborateness, extravagance, indulgence, spending |
| Main Entry: | continence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, celibacy, chastity, forbearance, moderation, refraining, self-control, sobriety, temperance, virtue |
| Main Entry: | holiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religiousness |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, beatitude, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, grace, humility, inviolability, piety, purity, religiosity, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, sanctity, spirituality, unction, venerableness, virtuousness, worship |
| Antonyms: | agnosticism, atheism, sin, unholiness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | sanctity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiness |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, goodness, grace, hallowedness, inviolability, mercy, piety, purity, religiousness, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, solemnity, spirituality, venerableness |
| Main Entry: | temperance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, sobriety, stoicism, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Antonyms: | excess, intemperance, wildness |
| Main Entry: | self-denial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, ascetic, asceticism, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, selflessness |
| Antonyms: | self-indulgence |
| Main Entry: | inviolability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sanctity |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, goodness, grace, hallowedness, mercy, piety, purity, religiousness, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, sacrosanctity, saintliness, solemnity, spirituality, venerableness |
| Main Entry: | sacredness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiness |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, beatitude, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, grace, humility, inviolability, piety, purity, religiosity, reverence, righteousness, sacrosanctity, saintliness, sanctity, spirituality, unction, venerableness, virtuousness, worship |
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