narcissist

Also nar·cist

[nahr-suh-sist]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of narcissist¹

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

Example Sentences

Gustav might be merely a narcissist, but there’s a chance that what he is really seeking is to repair things by telling the family story onscreen.

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He later took his own, admitting: "I grabbed my own head, I'm a narcissist… well someone's got to love it!"

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What’s missing, crucially, is a reason for the audience to care about this narcissist, even though Colin Farrell employs every trick in his acting arsenal to win you over.

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You can’t shame the shameless, or awaken the conscience of a narcissist, but the idea that such japes might make the target’s stomach hurt or his blood boil, may provide some small satisfaction.

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That distinction separates them from the narcissist who cannot stop talking about themselves.

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