navel-gazing

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsomphaloskepsis

   Broaderself-absorption

Questions about navel-gazing

What does navel-gazing mean?

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

How many syllables are in navel-gazing?

navel-gazing has 4 syllables: na-vel--ga-zing. The stress falls on "vel-".

What is another word for navel-gazing?

Close synonyms include omphaloskepsis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is navel-gazing a common word?

navel-gazing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.