Ascetic and Extreme

Ascetic

Ascetic adjective - Practicing great self-denial.

Extreme and ascetic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extreme" instead an adjective "Ascetic".

Nearby Word: asceticism

Extreme

Extreme adjective - Most distant from a center.

Ascetic and extreme are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ascetic" instead an adjective "Extreme".

How words are described

great great ascetic great extreme
new new ascetic new extreme

Both words in one sentence

  • Faux Symbolism aka: What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic The design team for Halo 2 almost chose the name Dervish - an Arabic term for someone following the ascetic path of extreme poverty and austerity - instead of the Arbiter.
  • The Hedonist Graendal of The Wheel of Time was formerly an extreme ascetic type who embraced hedonism as part of a Faith–Heel Turn when she realized that no-one else could live up to her ridiculously high standards- in other words, she's a hedonist out of spite.
    Source: The Hedonist
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