quietistic

Variant of quietism

quietism definition

qui·et·ism (kwī′ə 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

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