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asceticism

The definition of asceticism is a practice in which one gets rid of worldly pleasures and focuses on thinking, particularly for religious or spiritual purposes.

(noun)

A Buddhist monk is an example of someone practicing asceticism.

See asceticism in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the practices or way of life of an ascetic
the religious doctrine that one can reach a higher spiritual state by rigorous self-discipline and self-denial

See asceticism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.
The doctrine that the ascetic life releases the soul from bondage to the body and permits union with the divine.

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