omphaloskepsis
noun
om·pha·lo·skep·sis ˌäm(p)-fə-lō-ˈskep-səs 
: contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation
omphaloskepsis practiced by Eastern mystics
also : navel-gazing
a preponderance of emotional self-awareness has sent us sliding dangerously into omphaloskepsis 
Fiona McCann
Fiona McCann 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In an especially gorgeous slow movement, Dudamel revealed Mahler’s ethereal omphaloskepsis as navel gazing with Buddha-level profundity. Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021 Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic. Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021 The elite obsession with admissions policies at what are, after all, mostly elite institutions is omphaloskepsis-as-policy: The genuinely downtrodden are not applying to study at Haverford College. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017
Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021 Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic. Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021 The elite obsession with admissions policies at what are, after all, mostly elite institutions is omphaloskepsis-as-policy: The genuinely downtrodden are not applying to study at Haverford College. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017 Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek omphalos + skepsis examination — more at spy
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above