"navel gazing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: navel gazings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} navel gazing (countable and uncountable, plural navel gazings)
  1. Alternative form of navel-gazing Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: navel-gazing
    Sense id: en-navel_gazing-en-noun-5BDtpYIW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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