HOW TO PRONOUNCE
ascetic
/əˈsɛtɪk/
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uh-SET-ik: the middle syllable carries the stress.
The sc before e has a single s sound. Both the e in SET and the final i are short vowels.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The writer described an ascetic life in a mountain cabin.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does ascetic mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to ascetics.
- Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
noun
- One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈsɛtɪk/
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A man of deep character, a man with an alert mind, grim, ascetic, self-contained, formidable—so I read Dr. Leslie Armstrong.
Casuistry, and an ascetic morality, made up, in most cases, the greater part of the moral philosophy of the schools.
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They lived for the most part a strictly ascetic life, being indeed the legitimate predecessors of the early Christian hermits and monks.
This ugly sunlit picture of the stupidity and cruelty of the earth sent the ascetic finally to his prayers for purification and new thoughts.
Hester sought not to acquire anything beyond a subsistence, of the plainest and most ascetic description, for herself, and a simple abundance for her child.