nar·cis·sism noun \ˈ när-sə-ˌ si-zəm\ Examples of NARCISSISM <in his narcissism , he just assumed that everyone else wanted to hear the tiny details of his day>
Origin of NARCISSISM German
Narzissismus, from
Narziss Narcissus, from Latin
Narcissus First Known Use: 1822
Related to NARCISSISM Synonyms egocentricity , egocentrism , egomania , egotism , egoism , navel-gazing , self-absorption , self-centeredness , self-concern , self-interest , self-involvement , selfishness , selfness , self-preoccupation , self-regard Antonyms self-abandonment , self-forgetfulness , selflessness , unselfishness Rhymes with NARCISSISM absurdism ,
activism ,
Adventism ,
alarmism ,
albinism ,
alpinism ,
anarchism ,
aneurysm ,
anglicism ,
animism ,
aphorism ,
Arabism ,
archaism ,
asterism ,
atavism ,
atheism ,
atomism ,
atticism ,
Bahaism ,
barbarism ,
Benthamism ,
biblicism ,
blackguardism ,
bolshevism ,
boosterism ,
botulism ,
bourbonism ,
Brahmanism ,
Briticism ,
Caesarism ,
Calvinism ,
can-do-ism ,
careerism ,
Castroism ,
cataclysm ,
catechism ,
Catharism ,
centralism ,
chauvinism ,
chimerism ,
classicism ,
communism ,
concretism ,
conformism ,
cretinism ,
criticism ,
cronyism ,
cynicism ,
dadaism ,
dandyism ,
Darwinism ,
defeatism ,
de Gaullism ,
despotism ,
die-hardism ,
dimorphism ,
Docetism ,
do-goodism ,
dogmatism ,
Donatism ,
Don Juanism ,
druidism ,
dynamism ,
egoism ,
elitism ,
embolism ,
endemism ,
erethism ,
ergotism ,
erotism ,
escapism ,
Essenism ,
etatism ,
eunuchism ,
euphemism ,
euphuism ,
exorcism ,
expertism ,
extremism ,
fairyism ,
familism ,
fatalism ,
feminism ,
feudalism ,
fideism ,
fogyism ,
foreignism ,
formalism ,
futurism ,
gallicism ,
galvanism ,
gangsterism ,
genteelism ,
Germanism ,
giantism ,
gigantism ,
globalism ,
gnosticism ,
Gongorism ,
Gothicism ,
gourmandism ,
gradualism ,
grangerism ,
greenbackism ,
Hasidism ,
heathenism ,
Hebraism ,
hedonism ,
Hellenism ,
herbalism ,
hermetism ,
hermitism ,
heroism ,
highbrowism ,
Hinduism ,
hipsterism ,
hirsutism ,
hispanism ,
Hitlerism ,
hoodlumism ,
hoodooism ,
hucksterism ,
humanism ,
Hussitism ,
hybridism ,
hypnotism ,
Ibsenism ,
idealism ,
imagism ,
Irishism ,
Islamism ,
Jansenism ,
jim crowism ,
jingoism ,
journalism ,
John Bullism ,
Judaism ,
Junkerism ,
kabbalism ,
kaiserism ,
Krishnaism ,
Ku Kluxism ,
laconism ,
laicism ,
Lamaism ,
Lamarckism ,
landlordism ,
Latinism ,
legalism ,
Leninism ,
lobbyism ,
localism ,
locoism ,
Lollardism ,
luminism ,
lyricism ,
magnetism ,
mammonism ,
mannerism ,
Marcionism ,
masochism ,
mechanism ,
melanism ,
meliorism ,
Menshevism ,
Mendelism ,
mentalism ,
methodism ,
me-tooism ,
modernism ,
Mohockism ,
monachism ,
monadism ,
monarchism ,
mongolism ,
Montanism ,
moralism ,
Mormonism ,
morphinism ,
mullahism ,
mysticism ,
nationalism ,
nativism ,
nepotism ,
neutralism ,
nihilism ,
NIMBYism ,
nomadism ,
occultism ,
onanism ,
optimism ,
oralism ,
Orangeism ,
organism ,
ostracism ,
pacifism ,
paganism ,
Pan-Slavism ,
pantheism ,
Parsiism ,
passivism ,
pauperism ,
phallicism ,
pianism ,
pietism ,
Platonism ,
pleinairism ,
pluralism ,
pointillism ,
populism ,
pragmatism ,
presentism ,
privatism ,
prosaism ,
Prussianism ,
puerilism ,
pugilism ,
Puseyism ,
Pyrrhonism ,
Quakerism ,
quietism ,
rabbinism ,
racialism ,
rationalism ,
realism ,
reformism ,
rheumatism ,
rigorism ,
robotism ,
Romanism ,
Rousseauism ,
rowdyism ,
royalism ,
satanism ,
saturnism ,
savagism ,
scapegoatism ,
schematism ,
scientism ,
sciolism ,
Scotticism ,
Semitism ,
Shakerism ,
Shintoism ,
skepticism ,
socialism ,
solecism ,
solipsism ,
Southernism ,
specialism ,
speciesism ,
Spartanism ,
Spinozism ,
spiritism ,
spoonerism ,
Stalinism ,
standpattism ,
stoicism ,
syllogism ,
symbolism ,
synchronism ,
syncretism ,
synergism ,
talmudism ,
tarantism ,
tectonism ,
tenebrism ,
terrorism ,
Teutonism ,
titanism ,
Titoism ,
toadyism ,
tokenism ,
Toryism ,
totalism ,
totemism ,
transvestism ,
traumatism ,
tribalism ,
tritheism ,
Trotskyism ,
ultraism ,
unionism ,
urbanism ,
utopism ,
Vaishnavism ,
vampirism ,
vandalism ,
vanguardism ,
Vedantism ,
veganism ,
verbalism ,
virilism ,
vitalism ,
vocalism ,
volcanism ,
voodooism ,
vorticism ,
voyeurism ,
vulcanism ,
vulgarism ,
Wahhabism ,
warlordism ,
welfarism ,
Wellerism ,
witticism ,
womanism ,
yahooism ,
Yankeeism ,
Yiddishism ,
Zionism ,
zombiism
nar·cis·sism noun \ˈ när-sə-ˌ siz-əm\ (Medical Dictionary) 1
: love of or sexual desire for one's own body
2
: the state or stage of development in psychoanalytic theory 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
narcissism noun (Concise Encyclopedia) Mental disorder characterized by extreme self-absorption, an exaggerated sense of self-importance, and a need for attention and admiration from others. First identified by Havelock Ellis in 1898, the disorder is named for the mythological Narcissus , who fell in love with his own reflection. In addition to an inflated self-image and addiction to fantasy, narcissism is characterized by an unusual coolness and composure, which is shaken only when the narcissistic confidence is threatened, and by the tendency to take others for granted or to exploit them. According to Sigmund Freud , narcissism is a normal stage in children's development, but it is considered a disorder when it occurs after puberty.
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