wabi-sabi

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Japanese わび・さび or 侘・寂 (wabi-sabi).

Noun[edit]

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wabi-sabi (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese aesthetic that derives from imperfection and transience.
    • 2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 265:
      If Dot were to pick an ideology, hers would be wabi-sabi. Her life is full of decay and beauty in imperfection.