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ascetical

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ascetical in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
    "ascetic practices"
    ascetic  ascetical 
  2. practicing great self-denial
    "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
    ascetic  ascetical  austere  spartan 
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