navel-gaze in English

Forms: navel-gazes [present, singular, third-person], navel-gazing [participle, present], navel-gazed [participle, past], navel-gazed [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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        "To engage in self-indulgent introspection."
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"navel-gaze" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms