omphaloskepsis

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Definition

Noun: 1. The contemplation of one's navel: The literal act of gazing at or focusing on one's navel. 2. Complacent self-absorption; introspection to the point of disengagement from the world: An idiom describing excessive focus on oneself or one's own thoughts, often to the exclusion of external concerns or practical matters.

Usage Examples
  • Literal (rare):
  • Idiomatic (common):
Advanced Usage
  • The term is almost exclusively used in a critical or humorous context to describe useless or excessive introspection.
  • It can describe an individual's state or be applied to groups, organizations, or intellectual pursuits deemed insular and unproductive.
Variants and Related Words
  • Omphaloskeptic (noun): A person who engages in omphaloskepsis.
  • Omphaloskeptical (adjective): Characterized by or relating to omphaloskepsis.
Synonyms
  • Navel-gazing (idiom, direct synonym)
  • Self-absorption
  • Solipsism
  • Introspection (neutral, whereas is pejorative)
Related Idioms
  • To gaze at one's navel: A more common idiom with the same figurative meaning as .
    • He spent the year gazing at his navel instead of finishing his novel.
Noun
  1. literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption

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