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quietismo

Spanish, noun[kjeˈt̪ismo]

quietismo is spelled Q-U-I-E-T-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quietismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “quietism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Doctrina de algunos místicos heterodoxos que hacen consistir la suma perfección del alma humana en el…”.

What does quietismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinequietism

  2. 2

    masculinestillness; calm; inaction

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Doctrina de algunos místicos heterodoxos que hacen consistir la suma perfección del alma humana en el anonadamiento de la voluntad para unirse con Dios, en la contemplación pasiva y en la indiferencia de cuanto pueda sucederle en tal estado.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of quietismo

  • quietismos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce quietismo?

  • [kjeˈt̪ismo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to quietismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is quietismo in Spanish?

quietismo appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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