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QUIETISM
quietism
(noun) a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quietism (countable and uncountable, plural quietisms)
A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
A state of passive quietness.
Noun
Quietism (uncountable)
Alternative form of quietism (form of mysticism)
Source: Wiktionary
Qui"et*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. quiétisme.]
1. Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
2. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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