Antonyms for asceticas·cetic

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1. abstainer, asceticadjective

   someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

   Antonyms:
   gluttonous

   Synonyms:
   abstinent, abstainer, nondrinker

2. ascetic, asceticaladjective

   pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline

   "ascetic practices"

   Antonyms:
   gluttonous

   Synonyms:
   ascetical, spartan, austere

3. ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartanadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   gluttonous

   Synonyms:
   stark, severe, ascetical, stern, spartan, austere

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1. asceticnoun

   Antonyms:
   voluptuary, sensualist, sybarite, worldling, epicure, gormand

   Synonyms:
   hermit, recluse, eremite, anchoret, solitary

How to use ascetic in a sentence?

1. Bertrand Russell:

   Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

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