Complete Definition of "omphaloskepsis"

English

Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|�μ�αλ�� (omphalos) "navel" and polytonic|�κέ�ι� (skepsis) "thought"

Noun
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  1. contemplate|Contemplation of or meditate|meditation upon one's navel.

#*1975, Donald Watt, Aldous Huxley, the Critical Heritage, ISBN 0710081146, p. 308.
#*:Calamy alone is not debunked; and Calamy has defended omphaloskepsis and has set himself the ideal of free personal contemplation and recollection.

Related terms

omphalomancy
omphalomesenteric
omphalopsychic
omphalopsychite

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