When Someone Is Ascetic?

a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons. a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction.

What is a ascetic person?

1 : practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline an ascetic monk an ascetic diet. 2 : austere in appearance, manner, or attitude.

What does ascetic face mean?

An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict, usually because of their religious beliefs. ... his bony, ascetic face.

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