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Answer : ASCETIC
ascetic, ascetical – a
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; “ascetic practices”
SYNONYMS
monastic, monkish austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, tough
IN A SENTENCE
an ascetic monk
an ascetic diet
Mattsson, ascetic for a bachelor, imposes the same rule on himself.
Calley is downright ascetic, a man who disdains Hollywood profligacy.
ETYMOLOGY
1640s, “practicing rigorous self-denial as a religious exercise,” from Latinized form of Greek asketikos “rigorously self-disciplined, laborious,” from asketes “monk, hermit,” earlier “skilled worker, one who practices an art or trade,” especially “athlete, one in training for the arena,” from askein “to exercise, train,” especially “to train for athletic competition, practice gymnastics, exercise,” perhaps originally “to fashion material, embellish or refine material.”
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