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nar⋅cis⋅sism

  [nahr-suh-siz-em]
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–noun
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.
Also, nar⋅cism  [nahr-siz-uhm] .

Origin:
1815–25; < G Narzissismus. See narcissus, -ism

Related forms:
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   (när'sĭ-sĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. Excessive love or admiration of oneself. See Synonyms at conceit.

  2. A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.

  3. 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.

  4. The attribute of the human psyche charactized by admiration of oneself but within normal limits.


[After Narcissus.]
nar'cis·sist n., nar'cis·sis'tic adj., nar'cis·sis'ti·cal·ly adv.
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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 reappearsthrough regression

Main Entry: nar·cis·sist
Pronunciation: -s&st
Function: noun
: an individual showing symptoms of or suffering from narcissism
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narcissism nar·cis·sism (när'sĭ-sĭz'əm) or nar·cism (när'sĭz'əm)
n.

  1. Excessive love or admiration of oneself.

  2. 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'cis·sis'tic adj.
nar'cis·sis'ti·cal·ly adv.

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