ascesis

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

autodisciplina

sinonimi

asceticism

abnegation

Traduzioni

Selbstdisziplin

αυτοπειθαρχία

ascèse

ascétisme

autodiscipline

ascese

ascetismo

ascética

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/əˈsiːsɪs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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).