亚洲网紅露点

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omphaloskepsis

[ om-fuh-loh-skep-sis ]

noun

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


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of omphaloskepsis1

First recorded in 1925鈥30; omphalo(s) + Greek 蝉办茅辫蝉颈蝉 鈥渙bservation, perception,鈥 equivalent to skep- (stem of 蝉办茅辫迟别蝉迟丑补颈 鈥渢o observe, examine鈥); skeptic ( def ), -sis
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.

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In an especially gorgeous slow movement, Dudamel revealed Mahler鈥檚 ethereal omphaloskepsis as navel gazing with Buddha-level profundity.

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It鈥檚 long past time for Facebook to take complaints about hate speech and misinformation as more than occasions for omphaloskepsis, the belly button-gazing that has been Mark Zuckerberg鈥檚 go-to response to questions about his company鈥檚 treatment of everything from violations of its users鈥 privacy to its hosting of noxious speech.

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The off-Broadway musical, a sleeper hit that is moving to Broadway next month, charts the angst of six nerdy and needy young people as they wrestle down words like capybara and omphaloskepsis in their efforts to win a trip to the national spelling finals.

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