narcissist

American  

[nahr-suh-sist] / ˈnɑr sə sɪst /

Also narcist

noun

1. a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.

2. Psychiatry. a person who has narcissistic personality disorder.

3. Psychoanalysis. a person who experiences or exhibits narcissism, deriving erotic gratification from admiration of their own physical or mental attributes.

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Etymology

Origin of narcissist

First recorded in 1915–20; narciss(ism) + -ist

Compare meaning

How does narcissist compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• egomaniac vs. narcissist
• narcissist vs. selfish

Example Sentences

Don’t call them a narcissist or a gaslighter.

From The Wall Street Journal

The situation is a great example of how narcissists defeat themselves.

From Salon

“And we always talked about it as these two narcissists who essentially learn by the end of the season to care about one other person — each other.”

From Los Angeles Times

And there is the wholesale trashing of the editorial staffers of the real-life Condé Nast, here a gaggle of privileged narcissists who are accidentally infected, quarantined and treated like human garbage.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are no victims—only a bonfire of prominent narcissists.

From The Wall Street Journal