İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. i. nefsinin isteklerini kırarak çok sade bir hayat yaşayan kimse; çileci. kendini her türlü dünyevi zevkten, isten soyutlamis. sofu. sofu. i. nefsinin isteklerini kırarak çok sade bir hayat yaşayan kimse; çileci. sofu, çileci, dünya nimetlerinden elini eteğini çekmiş kimse. dünya nimetlerinden elini eteğini çekmiş, sofu.
2. riyazetçi, derviş, sofu, münzevi kimse, sofu kimse, ascetic zahit, din urğuna dünya zevklerini feda eden kimse, zahit kimse; aşırı riyazet, kendi zevkini çok düşünmeyen, asceticism koyu sofuluk, çilecilik, zahitlik; sade bir hay.
3. kendini her türlü dünyevi zevkten/işten soyutlamış.
4. dünya nimetlerinden kendini çekmiş. zahit.
5. sofu.

Etymology : Greek askEtikos, literally, laborious, from askEtEs one that exercises, hermit, from askein to work, exercise
Pronunciation : &-'se-tik, a-
Function : adjective
Date : 1646

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1. one who practices self-denial for spiritual discipline, abstainer, recluse, hermit. abstinent, self-denying, celibate; austere, severe. ascetic\as*cet"ic\ a. [gr. , fr. to exercise, to practice gymnastics.] extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe. the stern ascetic rigor of the temple discipline. w. scott.ascetic \as*cet"ic\, n. in the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things. i am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts.ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the theological and moral virtues, and the counsels of perfection. cyc.
2. Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
3. In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things. 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" pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices".
4. An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict, usually because of their religious beliefs. An ascetic is someone who is ascetic. living without any physical pleasures or comforts, especially for religious reasons (asketikos, from asketes , from askein ).