quietism

quietism Definition

qui·et·ism (kwī′ə tiz′əm)

noun

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
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.

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