"navel-gaze" meaning in All languages combined

See navel-gaze on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: navel-gazes [present, singular, third-person], navel-gazing [participle, present], navel-gazed [participle, past], navel-gazed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from navel-gazing. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|navel-gazing}} Back-formation from navel-gazing Head templates: {{en-verb}} navel-gaze (third-person singular simple present navel-gazes, present participle navel-gazing, simple past and past participle navel-gazed)
  1. (derogatory) To engage in self-indulgent introspection. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-navel-gaze-en-verb-k8e5N9aY Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for navel-gaze meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)

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