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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

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

As Mr. Obama’s aggressive tactics failed to rein in Mr. Orban, it was worth trying a more quietist strategy, said Mr. Simonyi, the former Hungarian ambassador to Washington.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 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

What a strange riddle his character presents—this quietist, this worshipper of an angry and a jealous God, with a mania for achieving the happiness of his people in the twinkling of an eye!

From The Schemes of the Kaiser by Adam, Juliette