asceticism

asceticism
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Extremism in self-restraint
Nouns
1. asceticism, puritanism, austerity; abstinence, abstemiousness; [self-]mortification, [self-]denial, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, hair shirt, flagellation; penance, fasting, belt-tightening. See atonement, moderation.
2. ascetic, anchoret, anchorite, stylite, troglodyte, hermit, recluse; fakir, dervish; puritan, sabbatarian; flagellant; Franciscan, Trappist, Carmelite.
Verbs — fast, do penance, deny oneself; abstain, eat like a bird; mortify the flesh, flagellate; eat worms; tighten one's belt.
Adjectives — ascetic, austere, puritanical, anchoritic, eremitic; abstinent, abstemious; flagellant.
Quotations — To many total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation (St. Augustine).
Antonyms, See pleasure, gluttony.

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