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

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

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To her credit, Williams was the perfect fit for Marnie because she grew up self-aware in a world of narcissists.

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The city's deputy mayor dismissed the activists as "narcissists" and insisted the wedding was the "high-quality tourism" Venice needs.

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Anyone could see it was more than a man, especially a narcissist, could take.

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Even still to this day, the word "narcissist" gets misused to describe people who are merely snobbish or egotistical.

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