QUIETISM


Meaning of QUIETISM in English

n. 1 a passive attitude towards life, with devotional contemplation and abandonment of the will, as a form of religious mysticism. 2 the principle of non-resistance. quietist n. & adj. quietistic adj.

[ It. quietismo (as QUIET) ]

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