quiétisme
French, noun\kje.tism\
quiétisme is spelled Q-U-I-É-T-I-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiétisme is a French masculine noun meaning “quietism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine d’apparence mystique, élaborée par Miguel de Molinos, au XVIIᵉ siècle, et représentée en France par…”.
What does quiétisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequietism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine d’apparence mystique, élaborée par Miguel de Molinos, au XVIIᵉ siècle, et représentée en France par Fénelon, qui vise la perfection chrétienne à travers un état de quiétude passive et confiante de l’âme. 2. Attitude politique ou religieuse qui pourrait rappeler le quiétisme de Molinos par le refus d’intervenir dans les affaires publiques.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quiétisme
- quiétismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quiétisme?
- \kje.tism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quiétisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quiétisme in French?
quiétisme appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).