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🚫 Strictly self-denying 🚫 A strict abstainer
encratite

encratite

9.9
Living with strict self-control and avoiding marriage, alcohol and luxuries
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛnkrəˌtaɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : encratita
  • Her encratite values influenced her decision to remain unmarried and abstain from alcohol.

Examples

  • The monk lived an encratite lifestyle, avoiding all worldly pleasures.

  • The community was known for its encratite practices, emphasizing self-control and simplicity.

  • He led an encratite existence, avoiding all indulgences and luxuries.

  • He chose an encratite path, rejecting the temptations of modern life.

  • The monk lived an encratite lifestyle, avoiding all worldly pleasures.

  • He led an encratite existence, avoiding all indulgences and luxuries.

  • Her encratite values influenced her decision to remain unmarried and abstain from alcohol.

Synonyms

ascetic
vsencratite
4 8.8

Having strict control of wants and no luxuries

focuses on renouncing marriage and wine as specific abstentions
austere
vsencratite
4 8.2

Living simply and avoiding comfort or luxury

stress specific renunciations like marriage and wine rather than plain simplicity
ascetical
vsencratite
  • Formal
9.9

Showing strict self-control and avoiding pleasure for religious reasons

highlights rejecting marriage and wine rather than general spiritual discipline

Antonyms

indulgent
36 6.1

Willing to let someone have what they want, even if it is not good for them

How Austere

ascetic
3 8.7
encratite
  • Archaic
9.9
teetotaler
  • US
5 7.5
abstainer
6.7

Surface Forms

encratite positive

Morphology

encratite = encrat (opaque) = encrat + ite

Formation is by the suffix '-ite' meaning 'member of', but the stem 'encrat' is a Greek combining form not a familiar standalone English base, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning.

Etymology

Encratite comes from the Greek enkrateia, meaning 'self-control' (from en- 'in' and kratos 'power', the same kratos you see in democracy). So an encratite life is one where a person has 'power over' their desires and avoids pleasures.