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self-absorption vs navel-gazing

navel-gazing vs self-absorption

self-absorption and navel-gazing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
self-absorption Yes No No No
navel-gazing Yes No No No
As nouns, navel-gazing is a hyponym of self-absorption; that is, navel-gazing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than self-absorption:
  • self-absorption: preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else
  • navel-gazing: literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption
Other hyponyms of self-absorption include omphaloskepsis.
self-absorption (noun) navel-gazing (noun)
preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption
Difference between self-absorption and navel-gazing

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