ascesis

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.
2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God.

Sinonieme

asceticism

abnegation

Vertalings

Selbstdisziplin

αυτοπειθαρχία

ascèse

ascétisme

autodiscipline

autodisciplina

ascese

ascetismo

ascética

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈsiːsɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

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).