NPD

abbreviation

1. narcissistic personality disorder.

2. new product development.

3. nitrogen-phosphorus detector.

NPD

abbreviation

1. new product development

Example Sentences

As alarming as it has been made to seem, clinical narcissism is not rare: An estimated 6.2 percent of Americans are diagnosable with NPD.

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The reflex to stamp on the narcissist label has falsely conflated any cruel or deceitful behavior with narcissism, says Craig Malkin, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, the author of Rethinking Narcissism, and a clinical psychologist who treats NPD.

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A meta-analysis that pulled data from 123,000 individuals found that people with NPD are 18 percent more likely to engage in violence and 21 percent more likely to show other forms of aggression, like bullying.

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When he casually mentioned he thought he was better than all his friends, she diagnosed him with NPD.

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On forums for people with NPD, there is a term for what Skidmore is trying to avoid—the shattering of a narcissist’s carefully built self-image, termed a “narcissistic collapse.”

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