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nar·cis·sism    Audio Help   [nahr-suh-siz-em] Pronunciation Key
–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    Audio Help   [nahr-siz-uhm] Pronunciation Key.

[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    Audio Help   (när'sĭ-sĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
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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narcissistic

adjective
characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance [syn: egotistic] 

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