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Webster 1913 Edition

Quietism

Qui′et-ism

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
quiétisme
.]
1.
Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quietism

QUI'ETISM

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Noun.
Peace or tranquility of mind; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction. In history, quietism is the system of the quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the internal rest or recollection of the mind, employed in contemplating God and submitting to his will.

Definition 2024

quietism

quietism

English

Noun

quietism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural quietisms)

  1. A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
  2. A state of passive quietness.

Translations

Etymology

quiet +‎ -ism

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