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quietism

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qui·et·ism  (kw-tzm)
n.
1. A form of Christian mysticism enjoining passive contemplation and the beatific annihilation of the will.
2. A state of quietness and passivity.
quiet·ist n.
quiet·istic adj.
quietism
Noun
Formal passivity and calmness of mind towards external events
quietist nadj
quietism
a 17th-century Christian mystical theory, originated in Spain by Molinos and promulgated in France by Fénelon, involving passive contem-plation and surrender of the will to God and indifference to the demands of the self or the outside world, declared heretical through efforts of the Inquisition. — quietist, n., adj.
See also: Heresy
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Noun1.quietism - a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
mysticism, religious mysticism - a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality


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And this system of female non-education or quietism still prevails.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
It is for this reason that a quietism is to be found in Chinese poetry ill appealing to the unrest of our day, and as dissimilar to our ideals of existence as the life of the planets is to that of the dark bodies whirling aimlessly through space.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
But Brissenden was not a disciple of quietism, and he changed his attitude abruptly.
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