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ascesis
- /əˈsiːsɪs/ UK
- /əˈsisɪs/ US
- /æ-/ US
- /əˈskiːsɪs/ uncommon
- /æ-/ uncommon
Rhymes with -iːsɪs
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin ascesis, or directly from its etymon, Ancient Greek ἄσκησις (áskēsis, “exercise, training”), from ἀσκέω (askéō, “to exercise, practise, train”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process).
noun asceses · askesis
- self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism. The Neo Platonic philosophy, it will now be seen, is monism, and the completion, consequently, of ancient philosophy, so far as it would reduce the totality of being to a single ultimate ground. As able, however, to find its highest principle, from which all the rest are derived, not through self-co
- The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God. And this we do find in the Basilican, the Byzantine, and the Romanesque architectures, each more perfect than another, and each lacking in an ever diminishing degree much of the perfect holiness of the Saint of "the most high,"—they came and passed away like different periods in the askesis of a hol
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Talk about this word "ascesis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ascesis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ascesis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ascesis "ascesis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ascesis.Cite this
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title = {ascesis},
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