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Noun: quietism  'kwI-u`ti-zum
  1. A form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God

Derived forms: quietisms

See also: quietist

Type of: mysticism, religious mysticism

Encyclopedia: Quietism

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