as in egotist
a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests
with the rise of TV reality shows, attention-craving narcissists had a public forum for their self-infatuation
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Recent Examples of narcissist
Much like his previous turn in Purple Noon, as Jean-Paul Delon embodies the preening narcissist whose barely concealed vulnerability and jealousy lead him to murder a rival.
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Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Her family is composed of narcissists: a mostly clueless mom, Pattie (Laura Woyasz), an alcoholic dad, Buddy (Jim Hogan) and a whack-a-doodle aunt, Debra (Emily Koch), who interjects a criminal caper plot into the days around Kimberly’s Sweet 16 birthday.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Similarly, narcissists often exhibit confidence, charm, and polished self-presentation, while Machiavellians excel at reading social cues and manipulating perceptions.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
What’s especially tricky is that narcissists often don’t look the part.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
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Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Her family is composed of narcissists: a mostly clueless mom, Pattie (Laura Woyasz), an alcoholic dad, Buddy (Jim Hogan) and a whack-a-doodle aunt, Debra (Emily Koch), who interjects a criminal caper plot into the days around Kimberly’s Sweet 16 birthday.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Similarly, narcissists often exhibit confidence, charm, and polished self-presentation, while Machiavellians excel at reading social cues and manipulating perceptions.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
What’s especially tricky is that narcissists often don’t look the part.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcissist
Noun
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His characters come off as feisty egoists who enjoy sparring and comparing the size of their ambitions.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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The adage about egoists who want to be the bride at every wedding proved literally true.—
Danny Heitman,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Kaitlyn Santa Juana plays a college student who learns that her grandmother cheated Death decades ago, and now that jerk is coming to take out her whole family via various creatively gnarly, Rube Goldberg-esque kills.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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Mid-performance, the prop jerks downward after slipping from its wire, causing a drop that nearly unseats her.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Carnival Midway’s cast of trapeze artists, aerialists, jugglers and clowns perform every hour on the half hour, starting at 1:30 p.m. (on weekends, the show kicks off at 11:30a.m.).—
Alex Schechter,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Aug. 2025
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There’s a patient, dressed as a clown, who has his arm drilled into.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Narcissist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcissist. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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