Usually means: Introspective reflection, often excessively self-absorbed.
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  1. navel-gazing: Merriam-Webster
  2. navel-gazing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. navel-gazing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. navel-gazing, navel-gazing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. navel-gazing: Vocabulary.com
  6. Navel-Gazing, navel-gazing: Wordnik
  7. navel-gazing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. navel-gazing: Wiktionary
  9. navel-gazing: Dictionary.com
  10. navel-gazing: FreeDictionary.org
  11. navel-gazing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. navel-gazing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. navel-gazing: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  Contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation.
noun:  (derogatory) Excessive focus on oneself; self-indulgent introspection.
noun:  (sometimes derogatory) (Disproportionate) concentration on a single issue.

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