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Meaning of ASCETICAL

Pronunciation:  u'setikul

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
  2. [adj]  pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic; "ascetic practices"
 
 Synonyms: abstemious, ascetic, ascetic, austere, spartan
 

 

 

 

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