omphalocentric en · ADJ
Etymology
From omphalo- + -centric, thus literally "navel-centered."
Meanings
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Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing
The omphalocentric process of self-construction and discovery
Some would have it that psychoanalysis is an omphalocentric, self-indulgent waste of money and time, best avoided so that one can take the proper pill and properly get on with the business of living.
1999, Robert Langan, “What on Closer Examination Disappears”, in American Journal of Psychoanalysis, →DOI, page 92:For the Man of the Year 1966 is a generation: the man—and woman—of 25 and under. ... Omphalocentric & Secure. What makes the Man of the Year unique?
1967, “The Inheritor: Man of the Year 1966”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 15 May 2008:'Finnegans Wake' and 'A Portrait' are both, in their different ways, omphalocentric.
1981, Maud Ellmann, “Disremembering Dedalus”, in Robert Young, editor, Untying the Text: A Post-structuralist Reader, →ISBN, page 204:You could write a whole essay about "looking inward," a sort of omphalocentric option.
1987, Christopher Dickey, With the Contras: A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua, →ISBN, page 211:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more omphalocentric | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most omphalocentric | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |