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omphaloskepsis

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14 lettersPronunciation /ˌɒmfələˈskɛpsɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aehiklmooppsssStarts with OEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption

Word origin

From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + σκέψις (sképsis, “perception, reflection”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Calamy alone is not debunked; and Calamy has defended omphaloskepsis and has set himself the ideal of free personal contemplation and recollection.

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