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qui⋅et⋅ism

  [kwahy-i-tiz-uhm]
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–noun
1. a form of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism.
2. some similar form of religious mysticism.
3. mental or bodily repose or passivity.
Origin:
1680–90; < It quietismo orig., prayer in a state of quietude. See quiet 2 , -ism

Related forms:
qui⋅et⋅ist, noun, adjective
qui⋅et⋅is⋅tic, adjective
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qui·et·ism   (kwī'ĭ-tĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. A form of Christian mysticism enjoining passive contemplation and the beatific annihilation of the will.

  2. A state of quietness and passivity.

qui'et·ist n., qui'et·is'tic adj.
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