Usually means: Philosophical doctrine emphasizing inner tranquility.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word quietism:

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  1. quietism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quietism: Merriam-Webster
  3. quietism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quietism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. quietism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. quietism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Quietism, quietism: Wordnik
  8. quietism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. quietism: Wiktionary
  10. quietism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. quietism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. quietism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Quietism, quietism: Dictionary.com
  14. Quietism (Christian philosophy), Quietism (disambiguation), Quietism (philosophy), Quietism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Quietism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. quietism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. quietism: Rhymezone
  18. Quietism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. quietism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. quietism: FreeDictionary.org
  21. quietism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. quietism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. quietism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quietism: Encyclopedia

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Quietism: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
noun:  A state of passive quietness.
noun:  (philosophy) The view that the proper role of philosophy is a broadly therapeutic or remedial one.
noun:  The rejection of politics on religious grounds.
noun:  Alternative form of quietism (“form of mysticism”) [A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.]

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