Asceticism

Noun

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

Antonyms

 * hedonism

Related terms

 * ascetic
 * ascetical
 * ascetically

Thesaurus
abstainment; abstemiousness; abstention; abstinence; avoidance; banyan day; celibacy; chastity; cold purgatorial fires; continence; eschewal; fast; fasting; fish day; flagellation; fruitarianism; gymnosophy; hair shirt; lustration; maceration; mortification; nephalism; penance; penitence; penitential act; penitential exercise; plain living; purgation; purgatory; refraining; refrainment; repentance; sackcloth and ashes; sexual abstinence; simple diet; spare diet; teetotalism; the pledge; total abstinence; vegetarianism