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omphaloskepsis

[ om-fuh-loh-skep-sis ]

noun

    1. contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of omphaloskepsis1

First recorded in 1925–30; omphalo(s) + Greek sképsis “observation, perception,” equivalent to skep- (stem of sképtesthai “to observe, examine”); skeptic ( def ), -sis

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