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English to English adjective
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pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline |  | Example: ascetic practices
source: wordnet30 adjective satellite
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practicing great self-denial | | Example: Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it
a desert nomad's austere life
a spartan diet
a spartan existence
source: wordnet30
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