单词 | asceticism |
释义 | asceticismn. The principles or practice of the Ascetics; rigorous self-discipline, severe abstinence, austerity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [noun] sharpness1340 austerenessa1450 austerityc1450 rigourc1450 severity1481 severeness1579 asceticism1845 ascetism1850 society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [noun] afflictionc1330 mortifyingc1384 mortification of (the) body (also flesh, senses, sin, etc.)c1390 mortificationa1500 self-mortification1586 necrosis1706 crucifixiona1711 asceticism1845 1845 ‘T. Brown, Redivivus’ Expos. Vulgar & Common Errors 126 Doomed to a life of celibacy by the asceticism which had corrupted the simplicity of Christianity. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 89 In its horror of sensuality, it made an idol of asceticism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1845 |
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