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He said their quietist time of year was between January and March, and that it would be "incredibly difficult" to fill the financial hole left by Covid without "some level of support".

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2021

In New York, the quietist impulse hit a bump: paintings were based on rubbings he made of Manhattan sewer grates and manhole covers.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021

Today, the term refers to a composite set of movements consisting of, in particular, quietist movements, activists advocating political action, jihadists, and former Muslim Brotherhood members who have shifted towards violence.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2018

Ayatollah Khomeini came to be known as an imam, which constituted a break with the notion of a quietist, apolitical clergy.

From Economist • Nov. 16, 2017

I understand, now, the intellectual mood of the quietist.

From The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by Gissing, George