English-Thai Dictionary

quietism

N ความเงียบสงบ  ความสงบ ทางจิต  mysticism kwam-ngib-sa-ngob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUIETISM

n.Peace or tranquility of mind; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction. In history, quietism is the system of the quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the internal rest or recollection of the mind, employed in contemplating God and submitting to his will.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUIETISM

Qui "et *ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. quiétisme.]

 

1. Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.

 

2. (Eccl. Hist. )

 

Defn: The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quietism

qui et ism |ˈkwīəˌtizəm ˈkwaɪəˌtɪzəm | ▶noun (in the Christian faith ) devotional contemplation and abandonment of the will as a form of religious mysticism. • calm acceptance of things as they are without attempts to resist or change them: political quietism. DERIVATIVES qui et ist noun & adjective, qui et is tic |ˌkwīəˈtistik |adjective ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting the religious mysticism based on the teachings of the Spanish priest Miguel de Molinos ( c. 1640 –97 )): from Italian quietismo, based on Latin quies, quiet- ‘quiet. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

quietism

quiet |ism |ˈkwʌɪɪtɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 (in the Christian faith ) devotional contemplation and abandonment of the will as a form of religious mysticism. 2 calm acceptance of things as they are without attempts to resist or change them: political quietism. DERIVATIVES quietist noun & adjective, quietistic |-ˈtɪstɪk |adjective ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting the religious mysticism based on the teachings of the Spanish priest Miguel de Molinos ( c. 1640 –97 )): from Italian quietismo, based on Latin quies, quiet- ‘quiet ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Quietismus

Qui e tis mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Quiet i smus |zu lateinisch quietus = ruhig 1 philosophisch, religiös begründete Haltung totaler Passivität 2 Religion (im Katholizismus des 17. Jahrhunderts ) durch eine verinnerlichte, weltabgewandte Frömmigkeit gekennzeichnete mystische Strömung

 

Spanish Dictionary

quietismo

quietismo nombre masculino 1 Inacción, quietud, inactividad :queda rechazada la agitación política y toda violencia, lo que no quiere decir que se recomiende un absoluto quietismo .2 Doctrina religiosa que hace consistir la suma perfección del alma humana en la contemplación de Dios .