Associations to the word «Quietism»

Wiktionary

QUIETISM, noun. A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
QUIETISM, noun. A state of passive quietness.

Dictionary definition

QUIETISM, noun. A form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope