ASCETIC


Meaning of ASCETIC in English

[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]

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.