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.
Derivatives:
quietist n. & adj. quietistic adj.
Etymology: It. quietismo (as QUIET)
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.
Derivatives:
quietist n. & adj. quietistic adj.
Etymology: It. quietismo (as QUIET)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012