Words and phrases that have a meaning related to asceticism: (120 results)
Often used in the same context:
austerities, piety, ritualism, beatitude, penances, pietism, abstemiousness, penitential, syncretism, ascetical, hedonism, legalism, spirituality, almsgiving, aestheticism, holiness, samsara, abasement, meditation, mysticism, rationalism, scholasticism, enlightenment, bhakti, metanoia, pantheism, piousness, jnana, conformism, kabbala, spiritualism, materialist, quietism, purgation, metta, monasticism, sexlessness, libertinism, penitence, contemplation, vaishnavism, existentialists, polytheism, devoutness, bodhisattva, finitude, exaltation, religiosity, formalism, eros, idealisation, paganism, inwardness, modernity, iconoclasm, academicism, supernaturalism, forwardness, celibates, cilice, zen buddhism, concupiscence, mahayana buddhism, catholicity, utilitarianism, transcendence, apollonian, transcendentalism, gnosticism, puritan, acedia, heathenism, teetotalism, popery, lovingkindness, indulgences, idol worship, intemperance, proselyte, flagellation, antinomian, minimalism, ostentation, brahmanic, scrupulosity, gnosis, nominalism, rishi, vainglory, bohemianism, indifferentism, literalism, repentance, immanence, monism, gratuitousness, dissimulation, mohammedanism, denominationalism, divinities, primitivism, propitiation, ascetics, ascetic, monotheism, austerity, moralism, morality, mystics, puritanism, chastity, mystic, celibacy, egalitarianism
Appears in the definition of:
gymnosophy, jainism, monasticism
More general:
self-denial, self-discipline
Synonyms:
Also try:nonindulgence
— Adjectives for asceticism: christian, extreme, worldly, religious, monastic, severe, rigorous, strict, sexual, rigid, personal, more...
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