omphaloskepsis
英 [,ɒmfələʊ'skepsɪs]
美
omphaloskepsis 意守肚脐，沉思omphalos-,肚脐，-skep,看，词源同scope,telescope.即注视自己的肚脐，为古代一种修行法门，认为看肚脐可以思考宇宙与人生，引申词义沉思。比较navel-gazing.
- omphaloskepsis (n.)
- 1925, from omphalo- + Greek -skepsis, from skeptesthai "to reflect, look, view" (see scope (n.1)). Also omphaloscopy (1931), and used in the sense of "navel-gazer" were omphalopsychic (1892), omphalopsychite (1882).
