quietism
- n a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
- Indeed, the tradition most opposed to Khomeini's vision of clerical political leadership is now referred to as "quietism.
- Virtually no "major" American art of the '50s didthe mood was one of apolitical quietism, and it was assumed that art had no chance of reforming the world.
- Like the religion itself, though, Islamic hip-hop embraces a wide range of views, from quietism to calls for armed jihad.