quietism
(en)
(noun) 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by annihilation of the will and passive absorption in contemplation of God and divine things / (noun) a passive withdrawn attitude or policy toward the world or worldly affairs / (noun) a state of calmness or passivity
I resented his social quietism: the fact that he went along with her project for us without complaint, and that he tolerated the way he was patronized by the men he drank with
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