Narcissism Definition
närsĭ-sĭzəm
noun
Excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself.
American Heritage Medicine
Excessive interest in one's own appearance, comfort, importance, abilities, etc.
Webster's New World
A personality disorder characterized by self-preoccupation, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
American Heritage
Arrest at or regression to the first stage of libidinal development, in which the self is an object of erotic pleasure.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Narcissism
Noun
Singular:
narcissismPlural:
narcissismsOrigin of Narcissism
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After Narcissus, a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection.
From Wiktionary
After Narcissus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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