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Omphalocentric vs Myopic - What's the difference?

omphalocentric | myopic |

As adjectives the difference between omphalocentric and myopic

is that omphalocentric is overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing while myopic is nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.

As a noun myopic is

a short-sighted individual.

omphalocentric

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing
  • :The omphalocentric process of self-construction and discovery
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  • *{{quote-book, 1981, Maud Ellmann, Untying the Text: A Post-structuralist Reader, editor=Robert Young, chapter=Disremembering Dedalus, page=204 citation
    • , passage='Finnegans Wake' and 'A Portrait' are both, in their different ways, omphalocentric . }}
  • *{{quote-book, 1987, , With the Contras: A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua, page=211, isbn=0671633139 citation
    • , passage=You could write a whole essay about "looking inward," a sort of omphalocentric option. }}
  • *{{quote-journal, 1999, Robert Langan, What on Closer Examination Disappears, American Journal of Psychoanalysis, page=92, doi=10.1023/A:1021496922983,
    • , passage=Some would have it that psychoanalysis is an omphalocentric , self-indulgent waste of money and time, best avoided so that one can take the proper pill and properly get on with the business of living.}}

    Derived terms

    *omphalocentrism

    Related terms

    *omphaloskeptic *omphaloscopy

    myopic

    English

    (Myopia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaided
    • Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.
    A stronger prescription for myopic night drivers is often needed.
  • shortsighted; improvident
  • narrow minded

    • Synonyms

    * short-sighted * near-sighted

    Antonyms

    * hyperopic

    Related terms

    * myopia

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short-sighted individual.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 23, author=Polly Morrice, title=Descended From Salinger, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The offbeat little girls of “Playdate,” whose mothers stumble through parenthood, are not the first characters to feel like cultural descendants of Salinger’s children, those savants, myopics , guileless nose pickers and practicing belchers who seem to glow on the page, highlighting the shallowness of the adults. }}

    See also

    * presbyopic