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There was a time when people had the decency to wait until they were approaching 50 to have a mid-life crisis. Now it seems many thirtysomethings find themselves succumbing to existential navel-gazing.
Mark Barrowcliffe

Meaning of "navel-gazing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NAVEL-GAZING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NAVEL-GAZING

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
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exclamation
Navel-Gazing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NAVEL-GAZING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Omphaloskepsis

Omphaloskepsis is contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation. The word comes from Greek omphalos + skepsis. Actual use of the practice as an aid to contemplation of basic principles of the cosmos and human nature is found in the practice of yoga of Hinduism and sometimes in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Some consider the navel to be "a powerful chakra of the body". However, phrases such as "contemplating one's navel" or "navel-gazing" are frequently used, usually in jocular fashion, to refer to self-absorbed pursuits.

Definition of navel-gazing in the English dictionary

The definition of navel-gazing in the dictionary is self-absorbed behaviour.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NAVEL-GAZING

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Navarra
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navel
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navelwort
navette
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navicular
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navies
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navigability

WORDS THAT END LIKE NAVEL-GAZING

amazing
blazing
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organizing
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Synonyms and antonyms of navel-gazing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «navel-gazing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NAVEL-GAZING

Find out the translation of navel-gazing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of navel-gazing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «navel-gazing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纸上谈兵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mirarse el ombligo
570 millions of speakers

English

navel-gazing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाभि अन्यमनस्कता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

- يحدق السرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пупок - глядя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

- contemplação do umbigo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একদৃষ্টি নাভি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nombrilisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Navel-gazing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nabelschau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

へそ、見つめて
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배꼽 - 응시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Navel-gazing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rốn - nhìn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொப்புள்-வெறித்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाभी-चमकणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

göbek-bakan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guardarsi l´ombelico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pępek - spoglądając
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пупок - дивлячись
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- uitându buric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομφαλοσκόπηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

naeltjie staar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

navelskådande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

navlebeskuende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of navel-gazing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NAVEL-GAZING»

The term «navel-gazing» is regularly used and occupies the 68.421 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NAVEL-GAZING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about navel-gazing

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QUOTES WITH «NAVEL-GAZING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word navel-gazing.
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Mark Barrowcliffe
There was a time when people had the decency to wait until they were approaching 50 to have a mid-life crisis. Now it seems many thirtysomethings find themselves succumbing to existential navel-gazing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NAVEL-GAZING»

Discover the use of navel-gazing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to navel-gazing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Navel Gazing: One Woman's Quest for a Size Normal
Navel Gazing is a funny, passionate and no-holds-barred memoir of one woman's quest to accept her own body -- to feel normal.
Anne H. Putnam, 2012
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Navel-Gazing: The Days and Nights of a Mother in the Making
A journal writer describes the highs and lows she experienced during the time she was pregnant.
Jennifer Matesa, 2001
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Navel Gazing: Essays, Half-Truths, and Mystery Flights
Funny, wise, idiosyncratic and original, these occasional essays chart a course through the various genres of writing that Peter Goldsworthy has investigated: fiction, science fiction, poetry, opera and film.
Peter Goldsworthy, 1998
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Behind the Screen: Nokia's success story in an industry of ...
That's where Nokia's strategic Internet service Ovi came in. Behind the Screen unfolds the stories of businesses and technologies that Nokia created and turned into global successes or into miserable failures.
Ari Hakkarainen, 2010
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Get on TV!: The Insider's Guide to Pitching the Producers ...
No, navel-gazing does not refer to the semi-voyeuristic act of scoping out other people's exposed midriffs in public! It's a somewhat common term for not paying attention to what's going on outside of your own life and thoughts. If you get caught ...
Jacquie Jordan, 2006
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Lacan in Public: Psychoanalysis and the Science of Rhetoric
19 finally, the connection with the colloquial idea of navel gazing recalls the insight of Schema L that in speech the subject receives its message in inverted form, and therefore that the greater part of “public” address is largely constituted ...
Christian Lundberg, 2012
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Motherhood - Philosophy for Everyone: The Birth of Wisdom
SHEILA LINTOTT NAVEL-GAZING AT ITS FINEST An Introduction to Motherhood ... In the pages of Motherhood – Philosophy for Everyone readers will find some serious navel-gazing, navel-gazing at its finest, navel-gazing that is not in the ...
Sheila Lintott, 2011
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Military Culture and Education
Chapter 9 Navel Gazing Google Deep: The Expertise Gap in the Academic- Military Relationship Thomas Bruscino The United States Department of Defense employs professional academics in essential advising, teaching, researching, and ...
Douglas Higbee, 2010
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Working In God's Diamond: An Every Member a Minister Church
“What's that,” asked Pastor Jim. “Traditions,” quipped Pastor Bob. “Too many people keep their eyes on the past rather than looking to the future.” Diamond Flaw—Navel Gazing Strongly depending on traditions to determine “how we do church ...
Jere W. Patterson, 2011
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Political Ethnography: What Immersion Contributes to the ...
Schatz, "has become the defining feature of entire bodies of research," and "in its worst forms, this reflexivity can become a sort of transcendental principle that rivals any methodologically narrow navel-gazing practiced in other disciplines" ...
Edward Schatz, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NAVEL-GAZING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term navel-gazing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Top 50+50: Firms grow fees despite navel-gazing
LAST YEAR Accountancy Age spoke of a profession that was looking to take advantage of increased businesses sentiment, more liquidity and ... «Accountancy Age, Jul 15»
2
Everything is Teeth by Evie Wyld; Illustration by Joe Sumner, book …
In these times of culturally sanctioned self-absorption and self-promotion, with navel-gazing novels from Knausgaard and the New Brooklyn ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
David Fincher's Strangers on a Train Remake Update
... Hitch's classic (which was based on a Patricia Highsmith novel) by moving the concept into the navel-gazing world of Hollywood and first-rate ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
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Is there no limit to the power of the Eurogroup?
Surely the EU can raise its democratic bar a bit higher; let's all help lift it instead of merely indulging in vain, navel-gazing Euroscepticism. «Left Foot Forward, Jul 15»
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Where and who are the 'Proletariat' in this age?
And, if history were to repeat itself in this selfie/navel-gazing day 'n' age, where and who are the "Proletariat" now? Liz Stonard. Port Alberni. «Nanaimo Daily News, Jul 15»
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'We're not saving lives': What I learnt after two days with military officers
... our industry, yet we continue to recycle the same people through the same agencies. We are the Olympians of navel-gazing and nepotism. «Campaign India, Jul 15»
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Qualcomm to axe 3000 jobs as Chinese competition bites
The company has little choice but to do some serious navel-gazing - hence the 'strategic review' that will, among many other items, examine ... «TelecomTV, Jul 15»
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Opinion: When 'Free Pride' isn't all that 'free' at all
The truth is that over-indulgent identity politics and excessive navel-gazing on the part of the movement's organisers mean that the group's ... «So So Gay, Jul 15»
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My summer vacation wish list
I'm not asking for the moon, I'm just asking for a European Union that spends only half its time engaging in serious navel-gazing rather than ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Review: Wilco, Star Wars
It's a far cry from the self-referential navel-gazing of “do you dabble in depression? Wilco will love you, baby,” but equally as humorous. «Pretty Much Amazing, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Navel-Gazing [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/navel-gazing>. Apr 2024 ».
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