Ascetic vs. Stoic

Asceticadjective

Of or relating to ascetics

Stoicnoun

(philosophy) Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 {{B.C.E.}} up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

Asceticadjective

Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.

Stoicnoun

A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Asceticnoun

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

Stoicadjective

Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

Asceticadjective

Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.

‘The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline.’;

Stoicadjective

Not affected by pain or distress.

Asceticnoun

In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.

‘I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts.’;

Stoicadjective

Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.

Asceticnoun

practices self denial as spiritual discipline

Stoicnoun

A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.

Asceticadjective

pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline;

‘ascetic practices’;

Stoicnoun

Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.

‘A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear.’;

Asceticadjective

practicing great self-denial;

‘Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it’; ‘a desert nomad's austere life’; ‘a spartan diet’; ‘a spartan existence’;

Stoicadjective

Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.

Asceticadjective

characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons

‘an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour’;

Stoicadjective

Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or bad fortune without complaint.

Asceticnoun

a person who follows an ascetic life.

Stoicnoun

a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno;

‘a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny’;

Stoicnoun

someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

Stoicadjective

seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive;

‘stoic courage’; ‘stoic patience’; ‘a stoical sufferer’;

Stoicadjective

pertaining to Stoicism or its followers