omphaloskepsis

[ om-fuh-loh-skep-sis ]

noun
    • contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.

Origin of omphaloskepsis

1
First recorded in 1925–30; omphalo(s) + Greek sképsis “observation, perception,” equivalent to skep- (stem of sképtesthai “to observe, examine”); see origin at skeptic, -sis

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