🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

금욕주의자

Pronunciation / Transliteration: geumyokjuuija

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
ascetic/əˈsɛtɪk/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14250 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 금욕주의자는 모든 쾌락을 멀리했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention.

    "The ascetic lived in a small cave in the mountains, eating only wild herbs."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline for religious, philosophical, or spiritual reasons.

    "He chose to live an ascetic lifestyle, free from material possessions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century (as an adjective): from Greek askētikos, from askētēs 'monk, hermit', from askein 'exercise, train'.

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