Definition of ascesis in English:
ascesis
noun
(also askesis)
The practice of severe self-discipline, typically for religious reasons.
‘He called for the practice of ‘askesis,’ like St. Antony in the desert resisting corruption of his soul.’- ‘The goal here is related to Foucault's concept of askesis, ‘an exercise of oneself in the practice of thought’, with an emphasis as much on practice as on thought.’
Pronunciation
Origin
Late 19th century from Greek askēsis ‘training’, from askein ‘to exercise’.
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