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quietistic

9.9

Connected with a Christian movement that values silent prayer and stepping back from public religious activity

adjective
/ˌkwaɪəˈtɪstɪk/

Specialized

: quietista

Many people found comfort in the quietistic practices of withdrawing from the chaos of religious rituals to focus on personal contemplation.

Examples

The author's latest book draws heavily on the teachings of quietistic philosophers, highlighting their focus on inner peace.
Christ and "almost every writing of the New Testament" revealed its mystical element, and readers would do well, he reiterated, to "make a study, to some extent, of the mystic and quietistic writers." "Man" was "designed, in his very nature, to be a partially mystic being."

Academic text (2010)
In her quietistic approach to spirituality, she encourages followers to find tranquility through meditation rather than active worship.

Antonyms

active

232 1.0

Operating now and not stopped

extroversive

1 8.6

A person who likes being with other people and meeting new people

Surface Forms

quietistic positive

Morphology

quietistic = quietism (semi-transparent) = quiet + istic

The suffix '-istic' implies a characteristic or style, but the historical context of Quietism may not be immediately clear.

Etymology

Quietistic also comes from the name Quietism, a 17th-century Christian movement that taught quiet, inward prayer and stepping back from outward religious acts. So, quietistic in this sense describes beliefs or practices that favour calm, passive contemplation rather than active public work.