ascesis

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈsiːsɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈsisɪs/, /æ-/ (uncommon) IPA(key): /əˈskiːsɪs/, /æ-/ Rhymes: -iːsɪs Hyphenation: asce‧sis === Noun === ascesis (countable and uncountable, plural asceses) (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism. (Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God. ==== Alternative forms ==== askesis ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === asceticism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === cassies == Spanish == === Noun === ascesis f (plural ascesis) ascesis === Further reading === “ascesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025