QUIETISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("quietism" is a kind of...):

mysticism; religious mysticism (a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality)

Derivation:

quietist (a religious mystic who follows quietism)

Credits