Definition of "navel-gazing" []

• Slang Excessive introspection, self-absorption, or concentration on a single issue: "The optimistic trend masks a looming problem, which has sent the travel industry into a renewed bout of navel-gazing” ( Financial Times). (noun)

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• "But this countercultural move isn't the navel-gazing type."
• "We hate to over-emphasize the political experts and activists role in this for fear of navel-gazing, but in this case, they matter."
• "But ideological arguments, navel-gazing and the odd bout of nat-bashing aside, how will Labour members actually vote?"