This is interesting, but note that this is a specific technical usage of the word. There are other, more general uses:<p>See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quietism" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quietism</a> and also one dictionary definition:<p>1a : a system of religious mysticism teaching that perfection and spiritual peace are attained by annihilation of the will and passive absorption in contemplation of God and divine things<p>b : a passive withdrawn attitude or policy toward the world or worldly affairs<p>2 : a state of calmness or passivity<p>Many of us become quietists in the sense of 1b.