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wu-wei

wu-wei is the alternative spelling of wu wei.

Meaning of wu wei

Noun

wu wei (uncountable)

  1. A state of effortless inaction, in Taoism or Chinese statecraft.
    • These alternatives seem tepid, or even reactionary – take Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi’s invocation of a politics of exhaustion that would ‘become the beginning of a slow movement toward a “wu wei” civilization, based on withdrawal, and frugal expectations for life and consumption’.2013, Benjamin Noys, quoting Franco Berardi, Malign Velocities: Accelerationism and Capitalism, Zero Books, →ISBN

Questions about wu-wei

What is wu-wei the alternative spelling of?
Wu-wei is the alternative spelling of wu wei.

Words near wu-wei in the dictionary

  1. Wu-shih
  2. Wu-su-li
  3. Wu-Tanger
  4. Wu-Tangers
  5. wu-ts'ai
  6. wu-wei
  7. Wuanita
  8. wub
  9. WUBA
  10. wubangziside
  11. wubbed

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