NAVEL-GAZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does navel-gazing mean? 

• NAVEL-GAZING (noun)
  The noun NAVEL-GAZING has 1 sense:

1. literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption

  Familiarity information: NAVEL-GAZING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAVEL-GAZING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

navel-gazing; omphaloskepsis

Hypernyms ("navel-gazing" is a kind of...):

self-absorption (preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else)