Roget's Thesaurus

#955. Asceticism

Nouns

asceticism, puritanism, sabbatarianism; cynicism, austerity; total abstinence; nephalism. mortification, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, flagellation; penance etc. 952; fasting etc. 956; martyrdom. ascetic; anchoret, anchorite; martyr; Heautontimorumenos; hermit etc. (recluse) 893; puritan, sabbatarian, cynic, sanyasi, yogi.

Adjectives

ascetic, austere, puritanical; cynical; over-religious; acerbic.