单词 | quietism |
释义 | quietism —quietist, n. , adj. —quietistic, adj. /kwuy"i tiz'euhm/, n. 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. [1680-90; < It quietismo orig., prayer in a state of quietude. See QUIET2, -ISM] |
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