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quietism

/ˈkwaɪətɪzəm/noun

उच्चारण क्वायटिज़म

निष्क्रिय स्वीकृति, शांत भाव से सब कुछ स्वीकार करने की प्रवृत्ति

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noun
  1. 1

    [U] formal

    an attitude to life that makes you calmly accept things as they are rather than try to change them

    निष्क्रिय स्वीकृति, शांत भाव से सब कुछ स्वीकार करने की प्रवृत्ति

    • The writer criticised the political quietism of the middle classes.

    Synonyms passivity resignation acceptance

    Opposite activism

  2. 2

    [U]

    a form of religious belief, especially in seventeenth-century Christianity, which teaches that people reach God by keeping the mind calm and giving up their own will

    शांतिवाद (ध्यान और इच्छा-त्याग द्वारा ईश्वर-प्राप्ति का धार्मिक मत)

    • Quietism was condemned by the Catholic Church in 1687.
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quietist nounquietist adjective