Quietism (original) (raw)
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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)