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
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Noun

Singular:
narcissism
Plural:
narcissisms

Origin of Narcissism

  • 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

Narcissism Sentence Examples

  • I would like to consider whether there might be such a thing as philosophical narcissism.

  • In general, narcissism and jealousy are the two avenues to power, the two ways to express and achieve power.

  • First, I give a summary of the abreaction of guilt so that I can compare it to the abreaction of narcissism.

  • And in my experience public relations practitioners often suffer from excessive narcissism and self-doubt.

  • And one of its weaknesses is its own solipsism, its own narcissism.

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