quietism
A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplationA form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
Quietismus
a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
(countable, uncountable)A state of passive quietness.
(countable, uncountable)The view that the proper role of philosophy is a broadly therapeutic or remedial one.
(countable, uncountable)The rejection of politics on religious grounds.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: quietismsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.