ascetic, adj.
practicing great self-denial
<adj.all>
ascetic ascetical austere spartan
sample sentences
"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"
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similar to
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
<adj.pert>
ascetic ascetical