navel-gazing

• Substantivo que designa a prática excessiva de auto-observação ou ensimesmamento, geralmente com conotação negativa de complacência ou de concentração improdutiva nos próprios pensamentos e problemas.

A noun referring to excessive self-contemplation or self-absorption, often implying a complacent or unproductive focus on one's own thoughts or problems.

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1. Self-absorbed contemplationC1informal

   Excessive or complacent self-contemplation, often to the point of ignoring external realities.

   Contemplação de umbigo

   • The committee's endless navel-gazing prevented any real progress.
   • His speech was full of navel-gazing and lacked practical solutions.
   • The company's culture of navel-gazing led to missed market opportunities.

   Sinônimosegotismnarcissismself-absorptionself-centerednessself-contemplationsolipsism

   Antônimosattentivenessawarenessengagement