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quietism

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Her peculiar mixture of vehemence and quietism caused people discomfort.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Quietism in philosophy is an approach to the subject that sees the role of philosophy as broadly therapeutic or remedial. Quietist philosophers believe that philosophy has no positive thesis to contribute, but rather that its value is in defusing confusions ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation. 2 A state of passive quietness.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s, from Italian quietismo , literally "passiveness," from quieto "calm, at rest," from Latin quietus (see quiet (adj.)). Originally in reference to the mysticism of Miguel Molinos (1640-1697), Spanish priest in Rome, whose "Guida spirituale" was published ...

Usage examples of quietism.

The doctrine I am presenting is the very opposite of quietism, since it declares, "There is no reality except in action.

You see that it can not be taken for a philosophy of quietism, since it defines man in terms of action.

The quietism and search for new ways to "opt out" or "cop out" that characterizes certain (though not all) hippies may be less motivated by their loudly expressed aversion for the values of a technological civilization than by an unconscious effort to escape from a pace of life that many find intolerable.