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Hedonists' opposites
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ascetics
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n. (plural of ascetic English)
Usage examples of ascetics.
Buddhists and Christians preach, in which case one must do penance and renounce everything -- I believe one can obtain peace of mind in this way -- ascetics do not have such a hard life as people think.
The ghats are thick with the perpetual smoke of corpses on fire, hovered over by rhesus monkeys and naked ascetics, their bodies covered in white paste made from the ash.
There are Hindu saddhus, ascetics, bathing in a pool at the terminus of the glacier.
They are known as the Digambara and are descendants of the oldest ascetics in history.