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quietism

Religious attitude, displayed periodically in the history of Christianity, consisting of passive contemplation and meditation to achieve union with God. The founder of modern quietism was the Spanish priest Molinos who published a Guida Spirituale/Spiritual Guide (1675).
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And this system of female non-education or quietism still prevails.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
It is for this reason that a quietism is to be found in Chinese poetry ill appealing to the unrest of our day, and as dissimilar to our ideals of existence as the life of the planets is to that of the dark bodies whirling aimlessly through space.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
But Brissenden was not a disciple of quietism, and he changed his attitude abruptly.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
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