navel-gazing
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈneɪvəlˌɡeɪzɪŋ/
- Informal
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introspección
- If there's no sexism to speak of, tell me this: why are you ignoring the actual responses from dozens of women here (i.e., that they have not experienced sexism and feel respect from clients and peers) in favor of navel-gazing introspection over the nature of the questions?
I find it does feel like a very insular navel gazing, comedy media class thing.
- I find it does feel like a very insular navel gazing, comedy media class thing.
- So there is maybe a shadow side of presence, which could be a lot of navel gazing.
- And, you know, we need to do something because sitting around navel gazing and, you know, bureaucratic inertia is going to get us nowhere.
- You don't know what truth is your grandstanding, navel gazing, incognizant moral posture if you call yourself a truth seeker.
- It's a sort of dark and and limited road to navel gazing, which ends up with some, you know, pretty horrible things like wanting to cut bits of yourself off.
Examples
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Her constant navel-gazing prevented her from understanding the broader issues affecting her community.
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Knowing the self is not just navel gazing, it's knowing yourself through what you do.
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I find it does feel like a very insular navel gazing, comedy media class thing.
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What confuses me is the amount of navel-gazing and region-centrism that goes on, especially on this site, but even on the podcast.
Blog text (7) -
All this gives us a clearer picture of what is happening in the sum of all the moving parts once we step away from the navel-gazing that passes for progressive thought and analysis.
Blog text (7) -
And, you know, we need to do something because sitting around navel gazing and, you know, bureaucratic inertia is going to get us nowhere.
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You're consuming a fake version of your own life, and it's addictive even as you realize it's nothing but navel gazing.
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Too much navel-gazing about personal problems can prevent you from taking action to improve your life.
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The report was filled with navel-gazing, focusing on the author's opinions rather than objective facts.
Synonyms
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5.6
Thinking about something a lot and not noticing other things
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7.5
An unhealthy strong interest in someone or something that harms daily life
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6.1
A very strong focus on someone or something that harms your life
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7.0
Thinking about something too much and doing the same thing again and again
Spending time looking at your belly button or thinking too much about yourself
Being too focused on one idea or activity
To think carefully about your own thoughts, feelings, and actions
Antonyms
How Self-Absorbed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Navel-gazing comes from the image of someone staring at their navel ('belly button') with gazing meaning 'staring', a simple picture of being focused on oneself. So it means being too absorbed in yourself or one small idea and missing the bigger picture.