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hair-shirt

/ˈheər.ʃɜːt/

Traducción: Describe una política, actitud o estilo de vida que es ascético, de autonegación o penitente, a menudo asociado con un sentido de rigor moral.

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adjective

/ˈheər.ʃɜːt/C2formalbritish
  • esDescribe una política, actitud o estilo de vida que es ascético, de autonegación o penitente, a menudo asociado con un sentido de rigor moral.

Describes a policy, attitude, or lifestyle that is austere, self-denying, or penitential, often associated with a sense of moral strictness.

  1. Self-sacrificing or austereC2formalbritish

    Characterized by strict self-discipline, self-denial, or a willingness to endure hardship, often for moral or religious reasons.

    esCiliciano

    • The monk adopted a hair-shirt lifestyle, renouncing all worldly comforts.
    • Her hair-shirt approach to budgeting meant she never spent money on luxuries.
    • The company's hair-shirt policies required employees to work long hours without overtime pay.

    Sinónimosabstemiousasceticausterefrugalmortifiedpenitentialpuritanicalself-denyingself-sacrificingspartan

    Antónimosepicureanindulgentluxuriousself-indulgent

Formas
  • more hair-shirt comparative form
  • most hair-shirt superlative form