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Omphaloskepsis
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om·pha·lo·skep·sis [om-fuh-loh-skep-sis] Show IPA
noun
contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
Word Origin & History
omphaloskepsis
1925, from omphalo-, from omphalos "navel" (see navel) + -skepsis, from skeptesthai "to reflect, look, view" (see scope (1)). Also omphaloscopy (1931), and used in the sense of "navel-gazer" were omphalopsychic (1892), omphalopsychite (1882).
