ascetic lifestyle

collocation in English

meaningsofasceticandlifestyle

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ascetic
adjective
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/əˈset.ɪk/us
/əˈset̬.ɪk/
avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for ...
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lifestyle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/us
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/
someone's way of living; the things that a person or particular group of people ...
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(Definition ofasceticandlifestylefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Fulbe herdsmen accept theasceticlifestylethat their form of pastoralism imposes on them.
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Hisasceticlifestyle, however, very effectively protected him against personal attacks by his detractors.
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Within the unit, a frugal andasceticlifestylewas enforced.
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His colleagues criticize his diet of bread and wine, and hisasceticlifestyle.
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The earliest monks were simply men who fled civilization to lead anasceticlifestylealone in the desert.
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The beard is also a sign of a nomadic andasceticlifestyle.
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Today, tuli who lives a modest andasceticlifestyle, is often at odds with his past, fan base and critics.
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He was also known for hisasceticlifestyleand his view of science and marriage being incompatible.
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He retreated to a nearby cave, and lived out anasceticlifestyle, coming out only to preach his program of puritan reform, attracting greater and greater crowds.
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Pascal'sasceticlifestylederived from a belief that it was natural and necessary for a person to suffer.
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Gundermann lived anasceticlifestyle, eschewing drugs, alcohol, and smoking, and was a committed vegetarian.
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