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Meanings of asceticism in inglês

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Lifestyle of frugality and abstinence of various forms, often for spiritual goals.

        ascético
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        catalão
        austeritat

        The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

              ascese
              espanhol
              ascética

              Rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint.

                    ascética
                    Synonyms
                    Examples for "ascesis"
                    Examples for "ascesis"
                    1
                    Nam ascesis consuetas tantum et tritas perfectionis semitas ostendit, mystica autem adhuc excellentiorem viam demonstrat.
                    Christian Mysticism
                    2
                    [Footnote 20: In a Roman Catholic manual I find: Non raro sub nomine theologiæ mysticæ intelligitur etiam ascesis, sed immerito.
                    Christian Mysticism
                    Usage of asceticism in inglês
                    1
                    According to him, the ideal of Christianity was the ideal of asceticism.
                    Heretics
                    2
                    Athleticism in England is an asceticism, as much as the monastic rules.
                    Twelve Types
                    3
                    It combines sublimity with asceticism and wickedness, in a most marvellous manner.
                    The Standard Operaglass / Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fift...
                    4
                    III.-Hedoes not touch upon Happiness; probably he would lean to asceticism.
                    Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
                    5
                    The self-asceticism, and most probably the mother-complex cannot be passed without mention.
                    The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
                    6
                    The entire history of asceticism proves this to be only too true.
                    Anarchism and Other Essays
                    7
                    True morality passes through virtue, which is rooted in sympathy into asceticism.
                    Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
                    8
                    But there's a balance to be struck between hoarding and neurotic asceticism.
                    Independent.ie
                    9
                    Perhaps an insufficient quality of food may have tended to this asceticism.
                    Selected Stories of Bret Harte
                    10
                    In her anger, her asceticism, her despair, the woman has become beautiful.
                    The Guardian
                    11
                    From this doctrine, too, they derived their teachings of an extreme asceticism.
                    The Meaning of Witchcraft
                    12
                    Buddhism was an after-thought, only reached after six years of bootless asceticism.
                    Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
                    13
                    Is not a dreamless sleep preferable to misery or even cold asceticism?
                    A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
                    14
                    It was, for her, a single asceticism in a rather selfish life.
                    Gladiator
                    15
                    Soon there would be nothing left of the famous Roman asceticism.
                    The Memoirs of Cleopatra
                    16
                    Nor did her asceticism extinguish the natural affections of her heart.
                    Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity