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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Austerity

Hi.
What's the difference between asceticism and austerity?
I'm not sure if I used them correctly in:

Mystics and Sufis consider asceticism and austerity as a way to understand the truths

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Your sentence is OK. asceticism involves strong religious and spiritual connotations. / spiritual matters.

— Clive

  • Your sentence is OK.
  • asceticism involves strong religious and spiritual connotations.
  • / spiritual matters.
  • Clive
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Your sentence is OK.

asceticism involves strong religious and spiritual connotations.

austerity refers more to actual physical deprivation, not so much to religious./ spiritual matters.

Clive
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I want to mean avoiding luxury
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What you wrote is OK.
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