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
Both words in one sentence
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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.
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Graendal of The Wheel of Time was formerly an extreme ascetic type who embraced hedonism as part of a FaithHeel 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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