English

Adjective

omphalocentric ‎(comparative more omphalocentric, superlative most omphalocentric)

1. Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing

   The omphalocentric process of self-construction and discovery

   • 1967, Time Magazine, “The Inheritor: Man of the Year 1966”, in (Please provide the title of the work):

     '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?'

   • 1981, Maud Ellmann, “Disremembering Dedalus”, in Robert Young, editor, Untying the Text: A Post-structuralist Reader, ISBN 071000804X, page 204:

     'Finnegans Wake' and 'A Portrait' are both, in their different ways, omphalocentric.

   • 1987, Christopher Dickey, With the Contras: A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua, ISBN 0671633139, page 211:

     You could write a whole essay about "looking inward," a sort of omphalocentric option.

   • 1999, Robert Langan, “What on Closer Examination Disappears”, in American Journal of Psychoanalysis, DOI:10.1023/A:1021496922983, page 92:

     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.

Derived terms

• omphalocentrism

Related terms

• omphaloskeptic
• omphaloscopy