Definition of "quietism" []

• A form of Christian mysticism enjoining passive contemplation and the beatific annihilation of the will. (noun)
• A state of quietness and passivity. (noun)

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• "But progress, not quietism, is the principle which governs humanity and it is favoured by events of most different nature."
• "In all the dispute on what is called quietism, there has been nothing good but the old tale revived of the honest woman who brought a torch to burn paradise, and a cruse of water to extinguish the fire of hell, that God should no longer be served either through hope or fear."
• "Staying quiet in the face of political strife is the reigning philosophy in Najaf and is known as quietism, or taquia, in Arabic."