navel-gaze

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from navel-gazing.

Verb[edit]

navel-gaze (third-person singular simple present navel-gazes, present participle navel-gazing, simple past and past participle navel-gazed)

  1. (derogatory) To engage in self-indulgent introspection.