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omphalocentric

omphalocentric adjective: overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.

Adjective

omphalocentric (comparative more omphalocentric, superlative most omphalocentric)

  1. Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing
    • The omphalocentric process of self-construction and discovery
    • For the Man of the Year 1966 is a generation: the man—and woman—of 25 and under. ... Omphalocentric & Secure. What makes the Man of the Year unique?1967, “The Inheritor: Man of the Year 1966”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 15 May 2008

Examples of omphalocentric in a sentence

  • 'Finnegans Wake' and 'A Portrait' are both, in their different ways, omphalocentric.1981, Maud Ellmann, “Disremembering Dedalus”, in Robert Young, editor, Untying the Text: A Post-structuralist Reader, →ISBN, page 204:
  • You could write a whole essay about "looking inward," a sort of omphalocentric option.1987, Christopher Dickey, With the Contras: A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua, →ISBN, page 211:
  • Some would have it that psychoanalysis is an omphalocentric, self-indulgent waste of money and time, best avoided so that one can take the proper pill and properly get on with the business of living.1999, Robert Langan, “What on Closer Examination Disappears”, in American Journal of Psychoanalysis, →DOI, page 92:

Forms of omphalocentric

comparativemore omphalocentric
superlativemost omphalocentric

Origin of omphalocentric

From omphalo- + -centric, thus literally "navel-centered."

Words formed from omphalocentric

  • omphalocentrism

Questions about omphalocentric

What does omphalocentric mean?
Omphalocentric means overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
How do you use omphalocentric in a sentence?
'Finnegans Wake' and 'A Portrait' are both, in their different ways, omphalocentric.
What part of speech is omphalocentric?
Omphalocentric is an adjective.

Words near omphalocentric in the dictionary

  1. omphalitis
  2. omphalo-
  3. omphaloarteritis
  4. omphalocele
  5. omphaloceles
  6. omphalocentric
  7. omphalocoele
  8. omphalocoeles
  9. omphalode
  10. omphalodes
  11. omphalodia

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