ASCETICISM Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

asceticism

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as in spirituality

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Recent Examples on the Web Answering this call is not about purist asceticism; it is affirmatively oriented toward building community. —

Jishnu Guha-Majumdar, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024 Learning about the Buddha’s Middle Way, a way of life that recognizes and threads the extremes of asceticism and hedonism, provides a way of living life in balance. —

Mitch Hendrickson, The Conversation, 29 July 2024 Simmons took that religious devotion to exercise, stripped away its grim asceticism and elitism, and imbued it with pure emotionalism and inclusivity. —

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, The Atlantic, 16 July 2024 Diverse comprehensive doctrines — Buddhism, pacifism, asceticism and so on — are all consistent with liberal principles of governance. —

Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for asceticism

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