Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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philosophy | Yes | No | No | No |
asceticism | Yes | No | No | No |
philosophy (noun) | asceticism (noun) |
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the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics | rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint |
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) |
any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation | the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state |