asceticism

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek ἀσκέω (askéō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek ἀσκητής (askētḗs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek ἀσκητῐκός (askētĭkós)der.

Medieval Latin asceticusbor.

English ascetic

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English asceticism

From ascetic + -ism.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈsɛt.əˌsɪz.əm/

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Noun

asceticism (countable and uncountable, plural asceticisms)

1. The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

   Antonyms: hedonism, sensuality

Related terms

• ascetic
• ascetical
• ascetically

Descendants

• → Japanese: アセティシズム

Translations

the principles and practices of an ascetic

• Afrikaans: askese
• Albanian: asketizëm (sq) m
• Arabic: زُهْد m (zuhd)
• Armenian: ասկետիզմ (hy) (asketizm)
• Asturian: ascetismu m, ascética f
• Azerbaijani: askentizm
• Basque: aszetismo
• Belarusian: аскеты́зм m (askjetýzm)
• Bulgarian: аскети́зъм (bg) m (asketízăm)
• Catalan: ascetisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁慾主義 / 禁欲主义 (zh) (jìnyùzhǔyì), 苦行主義 / 苦行主义 (kǔxíngzhǔyì)

• Czech: askeze (cs) f, asketismus (cs) m, asketizmus (cs) m
• Danish: askese c
• Dutch: ascetisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: asketismo
• Finnish: asketismi (fi), askeesi (fi)
• French: ascétisme (fr) m, ascèse (fr) f
• Galician: ascetismo (gl) m, ascética f
• Georgian: ასკეტიზმი (asḳeṭizmi)
• German: Askese (de) f
• Hungarian: aszkézis (hu), aszketizmus (hu), önmegtagadás (hu), önsanyargatás (hu)
• Ido: asketismo (io)
• Indonesian: asketisme, kezuhudan, mati raga (id)
• Interlingua: ascetismo
• Italian: ascetismo (it) m, ascesi (it) f
• Japanese: 禁欲主義 (ja) (きんよくしゅぎ, kin'yokushugi)
• Kazakh: тақуалық (taquwalıq)
• Korean: 금욕주의 (ko) (geumyokjuui)
• Kyrgyz: аскетизм (asketizm)
• Latvian: askētisms m, askēze f
• Lithuanian: asketizmas m, askezė f
• Luxembourgish: Askes f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: askese f

  Nynorsk: askese f

• Occitan: ascetisme (oc) m
• Persian: ریاضت‌طلبی (fa)
• Polish: ascetyzm (pl), asceza (pl) f
• Portuguese: ascetismo (pt) m, asceticismo m, ascética f
• Romanian: asceză (ro) f
• Russian: аскети́зм (ru) m (asketízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аскетизам m

  Latin: asketizam (sh) m

• Slovak: asketizmus m
• Spanish: ascetismo (es) m, ascética (es) f
• Swedish: askes (sv) c
• Tamil: துறவு (ta) (tuṟavu), துறவறம் (ta) (tuṟavaṟam)
• Tatar: тәкъвачылык (täqwaçılıq)
• Thai: พรตนิยม, สันโดษนิยม
• Turkish: asetizm
• Ukrainian: аскети́зм (uk) m (asketýzm)
• Uzbek: usketizm
• Welsh: asgetigiaeth f