spartan living
Minimal material existence
Spartan living is a lifestyle of deliberate simplicity and self-denial—minimal possessions, basic food, little comfort.
The term invokes ancient Sparta, whose citizens were famously austere and disciplined.
Someone embracing spartan living rejects luxury in favor of essentials: After the divorce, he moved into a one-room apartment and adopted spartan living.
The phrase often carries connotations of moral virtue or toughness rather than mere poverty.
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- bare bonesMinimal necessary elements
- frugalSparing with resources
- no frillsWithout extras or embellishments
ascetic · bare · simple · monastic · stripped · unadorned · disciplined · warrior · barracks · army cot · cot · rations · bread and water · stoic · harsh · rugged · self-denial · humble
- asceticismabstinence, celibacy, ascetic, austerities, chastity
- simple livingfrugality, minimalism, decluttering, back-to-the-land, downshifting
- abstinencesobriety, celibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting
- self-disciplineself-discipline, self-control, self-regulation, restraint, impulse control
spartan livinghigh living
Expensive, indulgent way of life
the good life · living large · luxury · opulence · affluence
spartan livingself-indulgence
Excessive yielding to desires
excess · indulgence · hedonism · decadence · conspicuous consumption
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