navel-gazing

See also: navel gazing

English

Four statues depicting navel-gazing

Noun

navel-gazing

(derogatory) Excessive focus on oneself; self-indulgent introspection. [from 1950s]
Synonym: omphaloskepsis
Disproportionate concentration on a single issue.

Derived terms

Translations

excessive focus on oneself; self-indulgent introspection

Danish: navlepilleri n
Dutch: navelstaren (nl) m
Finnish: omaan napaan tuijottaminen (idiomatic)
French: nombrilisme (fr) m
German: Nabelschau (de) f

Greek: ομφαλοσκόπηση (el) f (omfaloskópisi)
Hungarian: köldöknézés
Spanish: ombliguismo m, ensimismamiento (es)
Swedish: navelskådning c

disproportionate concentration on a single issue

Verb

navel-gazing

present participle of navel-gaze

Further reading

Omphaloskepsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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