Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

00009618-a 'practicing great self-denial';

English

ascetic ( ⊳ ) , ascetical ( ⊳ ) , austere ( ⊳ ) , spartan

Definitions

English: 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
Japanese: 強い自己否定を行う
― 組織的に禁欲であれ、なせ、やらないほうがよいかもしれないと言う理由以外何の目的も持つことなく何かを−ウィリアム・ジェームズ; 砂漠遊牧民の緊縮生活; スパルタ式の食事療法; 質素な存在

Relations

Similar to:	abstemious
Semantic Field:	all_a

External Links

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