OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31335

navel-gazing

/ˈneɪvəlˌɡeɪzɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ensimismamiento • ombliguismo
An excessive focus on oneself; self-indulgent introspection.
I believe that the Opposition, devoid of any argument of any weight in the debate, determined to have Parliament engage in a trivial navel-gazing exercise regarding who said what t…
To whom, except to the author, could these narcissistic navel-gazings be of interest?