as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
trying to raise the social consciousness of the normally narcissistic Hollywood community
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Sometimes the damage can be even more acute than that left by a narcissistic partner or relative, says Dr. Ramani Durvasula, a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles who focuses on narcissistic and antagonistic personality types.
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Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 25 July 2024
Those themes fed into his breakout role on the dark satire Search Party, which ran from 2016 to 2022: his Elliott Goss is a narcissistic gay man scheming his way to fame at any cost, whether by faking cancer or cynically reinventing himself as a right-wing pundit.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2024
When Harris triggered Trump’s insecurity by questioning his popularity and political prowess, his responses were narcissistic, racist and occasionally unhinged from reality.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024
In a crowded marketplace, traditional attention-grabbing marketing tactics often come off as narcissistic and off-putting.
—Harvard Business Review, 11 Sep. 2024
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Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 25 July 2024
Those themes fed into his breakout role on the dark satire Search Party, which ran from 2016 to 2022: his Elliott Goss is a narcissistic gay man scheming his way to fame at any cost, whether by faking cancer or cynically reinventing himself as a right-wing pundit.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2024
When Harris triggered Trump’s insecurity by questioning his popularity and political prowess, his responses were narcissistic, racist and occasionally unhinged from reality.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024
In a crowded marketplace, traditional attention-grabbing marketing tactics often come off as narcissistic and off-putting.
—Harvard Business Review, 11 Sep. 2024
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