narcissist
[nahr-suh-sist]
- a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
- Psychoanalysis. a person who suffers from narcissism, deriving erotic gratification from admiration of his or her own physical or mental attributes.
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Also nar·cist [nahr-sist] /ˈnɑr sɪst/.
Origin of narcissist
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Contemporary Examples
Charles Krauthammer has told Fox News that President Obama is a narcissist.
Or he could be a narcissist, motivated by the glory of seeing his name in print.
She turned around and became a mother who was a complete narcissist because she had never had enough attention.
Good thing there is no chance of this baby becoming a narcissist.
Of all the disorders, the narcissist is the most invested in discrediting anything that he perceives as an insult.
Word Origin and History for narcissist
n.
1930, from narcissism + -ist.
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