Spartan discipline
Harsh military training
Spartan discipline is the strict, austere self-control associated with ancient Sparta, whose citizens endured rigorous military training from childhood.
The phrase describes any regimen of harsh self-denial and mental toughness: She maintained Spartan discipline throughout her training, The monastery demanded Spartan discipline from its monks.
It implies not just strictness but willingness to sacrifice comfort for a higher purpose.
- agogeGreek training regimen
- self-masteryControl over one's behavior
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- mental toughnessPsychological resilience capacity
- iron willUnwavering mental determination
rigor · tough love · boot camp · hoplite · ephor · krypteia · helot · resilience · laconic · asceticism · fortitude · grit · military drills · austerity · minimalist lifestyle · bare bones · stripped down · focus
Spartan disciplinehedonism
Pursuit of gratification
self-indulgence · indulgence · decadence · debauchery · epicureanism
Spartan disciplinepermissiveness
Tolerance of behavior others forbid
laxity · slackness · looseness · negligence · carelessness
Spartan disciplineluxury
Expensive nonessential comfort
opulence · extravagance · excess · sumptuousness · lavishness
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