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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne