| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers | | Section IV. Moral Affections | | 4. Moral Practice |
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| 955. Asceticism. |
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| NOUN: | ASCETICISM, puritanism, sabbatarianism; cynicism, austerity; total abstinence; nephalism; Yoga.
mortification, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, flagellation; penance [See Atonement]; fasting [See Fasting]; martyrdom.
ASCETIC, anchoret or anchorite, Heautontimorumenos [Gr.]; hermit (recluse) [See Seclusion. Exclusion]; puritan, sabbatarian, cynic; bhikshu, sannyasi or sanyasi, yogi [all Hindu]; dervish, fakir [both Moham.]; martyr.
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| ADJECTIVE: | ASCETIC, austere, puritanical; cynical; over-religious; acerb, acerbic.
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| QUOTATION: | Clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey.—Bible |
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