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narcissism

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excessive interest in oneself
  • in his narcissism, he just assumed that everyone else wanted to hear the tiny details of his day

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“Narcissism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcissism. Accessed 24 Oct. 2020.

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