narcissistic

[nahr-suh-sis-tik] /ˌnɑr səˈsɪs tɪk/

adjective

having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.

Psychoanalysis. tending to derive erotic gratification from admiration of one's own physical or mental attributes.

Origin

1910-1920

1910-20; narciss(ism) + -istic

Related forms

narcissistically, adverb

nonnarcissistic, adjective

unnarcissistic, adjective

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Examples from the web for narcissistic

It's so narcissistic it frightens me.
Holding the hand mirror a couple of inches from my myopic eyes, I began to feel dangerously narcissistic.
The number of narcissistic personality disorders has increased.
She has a quaint morality, a narcissistic personality.
It's so narcissistic of him.
From my perspective he is narcissistic, abrasive, and whiny
It's the story of a brilliant but narcissistic man who betrays his species, and the genocidal android who loved him.
Some say today's mix of easy information sharing and celebrity-driven media culture is making us more narcissistic.
That's asking a lot from a species that is hopelessly narcissistic.
Many psychopaths are narcissistic, but not many narcissists are psychopathic.

Word Origin and History for narcissistic

adj.

1912, see narcissism + -istic. Sometimes erroneously as narcistic. Related: Narcissistically.

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