Omphaloskepsis

om-fuh-loh-SKEP-sis (/ˌɒmfəloʊˈskɛpsɪs/)

self-absorbed reflection.

“Modern advertising can feel like industrial-scale omphaloskepsis – everyone shouting “me, me, me” at your eyeballs from breakfast to bedtime.”

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an intense, involuntary obsession or infatuation.

an apparition; something that feels half-real, like a fantasy.

utter destruction or ruin; hell.

stubbornly resistant to control; hard to manage.

a group of trained or otherwise qualified people who form the core of an organisation.

a love potion.