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navel-gazing

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Noun

  1. Contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation.
  2. Excessive focus on oneself; self-indulgent introspection.
  3. (Disproportionate) concentration on a single issue.
  4. Alternative form of navel-gazing.

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of navel-gaze

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