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ascétisme

French → English

noun//a.se.tism//

(lifestyle) Asceticism: the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from indulgence

On a souvent fait de l’ascétisme oriental la manifestation du pessimisme.

(English) Oriental asceticism has often been called a manifestation of pessimism.

Il passa de l’éthylisme à l’ascétisme le plus strict en quelques mois.

(English) He went from alcoholism to the strictest asceticism in just a few months.

Entry ID: fr:en:ascétisme · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary