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om·pha·lo·skep·sis    Audio Help   [om-fuh-loh-skep-sis] Pronunciation Key
–noun
contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
[Origin: < Gk omphal(ós) omphalos + -o- -o- + sképsis act of looking]
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omphaloskepsis

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

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