Self-denial in a sentence as a noun

It's like Perl but in self-denial - for each way to do it there's a bunch of people claiming it's the only right way to do it.

The ultimate in self-denial: no computer usage outside of works hours for a week!

"This skeptic wonders on which planet a 7 million dollar house is considered self-denial at all.

I am interested if any HN readers have suggestions of other self-denial tasks to try out.

Some people are super into self-denial, and joining the monastic order can be a great way to make yourself suffer like that.

Then there is the redemption -- suffering, sacrifice, self-denial.

"[Zuckerberg] recently bought his first house in Palo Alto for $7 million, a fraction of what he could afford... Skeptics may wonder whether all this conspicuous self-denial is scripted.

As a former multi-year employee of a formerly glorious company that fell victim of its self-denial to recognize a paradigm shift i can say that employees can blame only themselves.

This is just a training drill for the very first realization, that thoughts are not continuous, that there is a gaps between them, and that the thought could be stopped, but not by self-denial or will, but naturally ceased, like an unnecessary tension.

The flaw in your analysis, and your linked article, is following the fallacy of **** Economicus, which is "an arbitrary definition of man, as a being who inevitably does that by which he may obtain the greatest amount of necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries, with the smallest quantity of labour and physical self-denial with which they can be obtained.

Self-denial definitions

noun

the trait of practicing self discipline

See also: self-discipline

noun

the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses

See also: self-discipline self-control

noun

renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

See also: abnegation self-abnegation denial self-renunciation