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nar·cis·sism
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| 1. | inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. |
| 2. | Psychoanalysis. erotic gratification derived from admiration of one's own physical or mental attributes, being a normal condition at the infantile level of personality development. |
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nar·cis·sist, narcist, noun
nar·cis·sis·tic, nar·cis·tic, adjective
—Synonyms 1. self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
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| nar·cis·sism
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[After Narcissus.] nar'cis·sist n., nar'cis·sis'tic adj., nar'cis·sis'ti·cal·ly adv. |
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narcissism
1905, from Ger. Narzissismus, coined 1899 by Näcke [in "Die sexuellen Perversitäten"], on a comparison first suggested 1898 by Havelock Ellis, from Gk. Narkissos, beautiful youth in mythology (Ovid, "Metamorphosis," iii.370) who fell in love with his own reflection in a spring and was turned to the flower narcissus (q.v.). First record of narcissistic is from 1916; narcissist is from 1930.
But already Krishna, enamoured of himself, had resolved to experience lust for his own self; he manifested his own Nature in the cow-herd girls and enjoyed them." [Karapatri, "Lingopasana-rahasya," Siddhanta, II, 1941-2]
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| narcissism | |
noun | |
| an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself; "self-love that shut out everyone else" [syn: self-love] |
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narcissism [(nahr-suh-siz-uhm)]
A consuming self-absorption or self-love; a type of egotism. Narcissists constantly assess their appearance, desires, feelings, and abilities.
[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology
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nar·cis·sism (när
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- Excessive love or admiration of oneself.
- Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.
nar
cis·sist n. nar
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Main Entry: nar·cis·sism
Pronunciation: 'när-s&-"siz-&m
Function: noun
1 : love of or sexual desire for one's own body
2 : the state or stage of development in which there is considerable erotic interest in one's own body and ego and which in abnormal forms persists through fixation or reappears
through regression
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