quietism Hear it!

quietism Definition

qui·et·ism (kwīə tiz′əm)

noun

  1. a mysticism based on spiritual passivity; specif., a mysticism so minimizing or so completely rejecting human volition and effort as, often, to produce indifference to one's lot in an afterlife and to engender a sense of being incapable of any personal merit or guilt
  2. lack of concern about what may happen; apathy

Etymology: It quietismo < L quietus: see quiet & -ism

quietism Related Forms
qui·et·ist noun, adjective qui′·et·is·tic adjective
quietism Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • political: The chief consequence of relying on an abstraction is political quietism.

Browse dictionary entries near quietism

  1. quieten
  2. quiet period
  3. quiet enjoyment
  4. quiet down
  5. quiet
  6. quiescent
  7. quiescence
  8. quidnunc
  9. quiddity
  10. quid pro quo (Latin)
  1. quietly
  2. quietude
  3. quietus
  4. quiff
  5. quill
  6. quillaia
  7. quillback
  8. Quiller-Couch
  9. quilling
  10. quillwort