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omphaloscepsis

omphaloscepsis is the alternative form of omphaloskepsis.

Meaning of omphaloskepsis

Noun

omphaloskepsis (uncountable)

  1. The contemplation of or meditation upon one's navel; navel-gazing.
  2. (figuratively) Ratiocination to the point of self-absorption.
    • Act we must; for we cannot sit rapt in educational omphaloscepsis while youngsters grow up and become the fathers and mothers of the next generation.1948, John Frederick Wolfenden, The Public Schools To-day: A Study in Boarding School Education, University of London Press, page 108

Questions about omphaloscepsis

What is omphaloscepsis the alternative form of?
Omphaloscepsis is the alternative form of omphaloskepsis.

Words near omphaloscepsis in the dictionary

  1. omphalopsychite
  2. omphalopsychites
  3. omphaloptic
  4. omphalos
  5. Omphalos hypothesis
  6. omphaloscepsis
  7. omphalosceptic
  8. omphalosceptics
  9. omphaloscopy
  10. omphaloskepsis
  11. omphaloskeptic

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