ascesis

Examples

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• Only through moral cleansing, the right path of life, and the systematic ascesis of the body and the instruments of emotion can the yogi attain this high aim.

  Academic text (2015)

• This course will explore medieval and early modern texts to imagine what the inclusion of particular representations in these texts of "improbable" modes and techniques of the self would have contributed to Foucault's history of sexuality and his late thinking on ascesis, with an eye toward the consequences.

  Blog text (16)

• We suffer because of our lack of knowing, but for Pater, the willful suffering that accompanies ascesis, or his kind of renunciation, is a far better gesture than the arrogant effort to extend and insinuate oneself over other persons and things.

  Academic text (2000)

• His journey of ascesis involved strict routines that tested his willpower and commitment.

• The monk practiced ascesis, renouncing worldly pleasures to attain a higher level of enlightenment.

Synonyms

S

self-denial

vsascesis

4 5.7

Choosing not to have something you want for moral, religious, or unselfish reasons

is broader adding sustained discipline and strict practice beyond single refusals

A

asceticism

vsascesis

• Formal

3 9.4

A way of living with very strict self-control that avoids pleasure for religious or spiritual reasons

emphasizes strict personal denial and disciplined practice rather than simple avoidance

A

askesis

vsascesis

• Specialized

9.9

Strict training of body or mind to become better

focuses more on rigorous denial and spiritual discipline than training for improvement

Antonyms

I

indulgence

24 6.0

A small pleasure you allow yourself, often without much self-control

S

self-indulgence

6 6.8

Giving yourself too much pleasure or comfort

How Ascetic

mortification

• Formal

2 9.9

ascesis

• Specialized

9.9

self-denial

4 5.7

self-discipline

17 4.4

temperance

5 7.1

Surface Forms

Etymology