wabi-sabi
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese わび・さび or 侘・寂 (wabi-sabi).
Noun edit
- 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.