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Recent Examples of asceticism
Just books and plays, and an asceticism associated with the priests Jim would often play.
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Carl Kurlander,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
Following several years of contemplation and asceticism, Dorje hopes to return to the United States to teach in Minnesota's Buddhist community at the Nyingmapa Taksham Buddhist Center.
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CBS News,
28 May 2026
Beyond their asceticism, the six members of the group - Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Manon Bannerman, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae Jeung - hail from different countries, including the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States.
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Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Frayne writes that some second- and third-century sects, such as the Encratites, Priscilliantists, and Manicheans, advocated against meat eating, typically as part of a broader asceticism that might also include celibacy.
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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Carl Kurlander,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
Following several years of contemplation and asceticism, Dorje hopes to return to the United States to teach in Minnesota's Buddhist community at the Nyingmapa Taksham Buddhist Center.
—
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Beyond their asceticism, the six members of the group - Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Manon Bannerman, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae Jeung - hail from different countries, including the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States.
—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Frayne writes that some second- and third-century sects, such as the Encratites, Priscilliantists, and Manicheans, advocated against meat eating, typically as part of a broader asceticism that might also include celibacy.
—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asceticism
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Some critics on social media counter that the gatherings risk turning spirituality into spectacle, performance and commodity all at once.
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His opponents in an Indigenous game of guessing, strategy and spirituality pointed to the left.
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Egyptian officials also unveiled the discovery of an ancient monastery dating back to the dawn of Christian monasticism.
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There's a sort of a natural world religiousness or spirituality or philosophy that swells around a lot of things and different characters.
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Key measures of religiousness have remained remarkably stable since 2020, according to recent Pew Research Center polling.
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Christian figures who embody ideals of goodness and holiness – saints, Mary and even Jesus – are the ones who rule the runway.
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Others limit prayer to God alone and emphasize remembering saints primarily as historical models of holiness.
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The 22-year-old died after being detained by Iran’s morality police for allegedly violating the country’s mandatory hijab rules, The National reported.
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Marjane depicts our terrifying teachers, the violent morality police and our collective and perpetual fear that we might be caught, hurt, arrested, killed.
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In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end.
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Safety The sanctity of human life remains the master priority.
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This fear of collective consciousness is that which drives the straight path and its state and federal architects to do everything in their power to pave over the work and sanctity of ethnic studies.
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To his supporters, Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the steadfast, fearless leader who transcended mere politics and inspired devotion.
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What makes these behaviors especially dangerous is that they’re often disguised as concern or devotion.
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“Asceticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asceticism. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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