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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky