[adjective], [noun] - avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons, or a person who does thisHer sister is extrovert and fun-loving, while she is ascetic and strict.They live a very ascetic life.There's something of the ascetic about Mr Martin.He has spent most of his adult life living as an ascetic. [C]
ASCETIC
Meaning of ASCETIC in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012