narcissist

[ nahr-suh-sist ]
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noun
  1. a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.

  2. Psychiatry. a person who has narcissistic personality disorder.

  1. Psychoanalysis. a person who experiences or exhibits narcissism, deriving erotic gratification from admiration of their own physical or mental attributes.

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Origin of narcissist

1
First recorded in 1915–20; narciss(ism) + -ist
  • Also nar·cist [nahr-sist] /ˈnɑr sɪst/ .

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