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quietistic
Variant of quietism
quietism
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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
Related Forms:
- quietist qui′·et·ist noun, adjective
- quietistic qui′·et·is′·tic adjective
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