n. [ Cf. F. quiétisme. ] 1. Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Eccl. Hist.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quietism \Qui"et*ism\, n. [Cf. F. qui['e]tisme.]
1. Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference;
apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Eccl. Hist.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quietism
n 1: a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all
human effort and passive contemplation of God
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