单词 | omphaloskeptic |
释义 | > as lemmasomphaloskeptic omphaloskeptic n. and adj. Brit. /ˌɒmfələ(ʊ)ˈskɛptɪk/ , /ˌɒmfl̩ə(ʊ)ˈskɛptɪk/ , U.S. /ˌɑmfəloʊˈskɛptɪk/ (also omphalosceptic) (a) n. a person who practises omphaloskepsis; (b) adj. = omphaloskeptical adj.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > matter for contemplation > contemplation of navel > one who practises omphaloskepticc1915 c1915 A. Huxley Let. (1969) 78 You must admit that no omphaloskeptic, nay, not Plotinus, could have so utterly realized the Infinite as at moments one did to night. 1952 H. Ingrams Hong Kong i. 22 It was the omphalosceptics of the outposts who eventually converted us to the centrifugal idea of commonwealth. 1990 Current Anthropol. 31 297/1 Reflexivity need be neither narcissistic nor omphaloskeptic. < as lemmas |
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