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It should be noted that there was plenty of navel-gazing and hand-wringing by the fashion press when the Pharrell news broke, but in a way, his appointment is simply the evolution of a narrative going back 100 years or more.
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Max Berlinger, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2023
To debate grand strategy is to indulge in navel-gazing while the world burns.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Claims that a political gerontocracy is somehow undermining American democracy — the theme of so much political navel-gazing — simply don’t hold water.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
Books More navel-gazing, please.
—Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
Max Berlinger, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2023
To debate grand strategy is to indulge in navel-gazing while the world burns.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Claims that a political gerontocracy is somehow undermining American democracy — the theme of so much political navel-gazing — simply don’t hold water.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
Books More navel-gazing, please.
—Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1922, in the meaning defined above
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“Navel-gazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/navel-gazing. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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