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navel-gazing

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na·vel-gaz·ing (nvl-gzng)
n. Slang
Excessive introspection, self-absorption, or concentration on a single issue: "The optimistic trend masks a looming problem, which has sent the travel industry into a renewed bout of navel-gazing" (Financial Times).
navel-gazing
n
Informal self-absorbed behaviour
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Noun1.navel-gazing - literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption
omphaloskepsis
self-absorption - preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else
Translations
navel-gazing [ˈneɪvəlgeɪzɪŋ] N (pej) → ombliguismo m, autocontemplación f
navel-gazing
n (pej) → Nabelschau f
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