ROGET THESAURUS
nephalism
Asceticism
N
asceticism, puritanism, sabbatarianism, cynicism, austerity, total abstinence,
nephalism, mortification, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, flagellation, penance, fasting, martyrdom, ascetic, anchoret, anchorite, martyr, Heautontimorumenos, hermit, puritan, sabbatarian, cynic, sanyasi, yogi, ascetic, austere, puritanical, cynical, over-religious, acerbic.