asceticism

lifestyle of frugality and abstinence of various forms, often for spiritual goals
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asceticism

Summary

asceticism ranks in the top 0.34% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,642 views/month, #265 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • asceticism is a type of lifestyle[2].
  • asceticism is a type of pattern of behavior[3].
  • asceticism is part of religion[4].
  • asceticism is part of philosophy[5].
  • asceticism's Commons category is recorded as Asceticism[6].
  • asceticism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Asceticism[7].
  • asceticism's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[8].
  • asceticism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • asceticism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • asceticism's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11].
  • asceticism's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[12].
  • asceticism's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • asceticism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • asceticism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[15].
  • asceticism's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[16].
  • asceticism's different from is recorded as Zuhd[17].
  • asceticism's studied by is recorded as Q752822[18].
  • asceticism's practiced by is recorded as ascetic[19].
  • asceticism's P14483 is recorded as a/ascetismo[20].
  • asceticism's P14541 is recorded as 3gqjuo[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include lifestyle[2] and pattern of behavior[3].

Use and Application

Part of include religion[4], a type of world view[22] and philosophy[5], an academic discipline[23].

Why It Matters

asceticism ranks in the top 0.34% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,642 views/month, #265 of 77,819).[1] asceticism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] asceticism is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · ທິງ຺ອຣ຺ທິລິອມ຺ປູລຸ · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Zuhd
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q3576256]]"
  2. 29d ago · ທິງ຺ອຣ຺ທິລິອມ຺ປູລຸ · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P460]]: [[Q9632831]]"
  3. 10w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → Q752822
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2579]]: [[Q752822]]"
  4. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Michelbach
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q297451, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 1887
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 1887, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167474914|ASCETICISM (#167474914)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #m"
  6. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3gqjuo
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0287499-askeze
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0287499-askeze, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  8. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +6
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  9. 18w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → a/ascetismo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: a/ascetismo, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  10. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 170538572
    Interlingual index id → i41015
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01070936-n
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151005476
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19432, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  11. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +6
    Part of → religion, philosophy
    Subclass of → lifestyle, pattern of behavior
    Said to be the same as → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ [[Property:P268]]: 11960540q"
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