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narcissistic

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nar·cis·sism  (närs-szm) also nar·cism (-szm)
n.
1. Excessive love or admiration of oneself. See Synonyms at conceit.
2. A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
3. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.
4. The attribute of the human psyche charactized by admiration of oneself but within normal limits.

[After Narcissus.]

narcis·sist n.
narcis·sistic adj.
narcis·sisti·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.narcissistic - characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
selfish - concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

narcissistic
adjective self-loving, conceited, self-centred, self-absorbed, egotistical, egocentric, self-regarding, self-obsessed, egoistic, egotistic, full of yourself, in love with yourself I've never met anyone so self-centred and narcissistic.
Translations
narcissistic [ˌnɑːsɪˈsɪstɪk] ADJnarcisista
narcissistic [ˌnɑːrsɪˈsɪstɪk] adjnarcissique
narcissistic
adjnarzisstisch
narcissistic [ˌnɑːsɪˈsɪstɪk] adj (frm) → narcisistico/a
narcissistic [ˌnɑːsɪˈsɪstɪk] adj (frm) → narcisistico/a


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