10 example sentences using self-denial.
Self-denial used in a sentence
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
the trait of practicing self discipline
See also: self-discipline
the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
See also: self-discipline self-control
renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
See also: abnegation self-abnegation denial self-renunciation