quietism

/ˈkwaɪəˌtɪzəm/
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Definitions of quietism
  1. noun
    a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
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    type of:
    mysticism, religious mysticism
    a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
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