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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Recent Examples of narcissistic
Trump’s narcissistic obsession with the place, together with the miasmic hatefulness of his words and actions, has caused artists to flee en masse.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
This genre parody of Steven Segal action films and post-9/11 media like 24 is a show-within-a-show spun off Adult Swim web series On Cinema at the Cinema, wherein Tim Heidecker plays an evil, buffoonish, idiotic, shallow, narcissistic, Trumpian version of himself.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
As Ben, Aleksander D’Avignon has the icy-cool, narcissistic demeanor of a serial killer.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
On the surface, telling Night Night Fawn through a character as transphobic, narcissistic, and temperamental as Barbara might seem to give greater weight to the perspectives that shape anti-trans sentiments and legislation.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
This genre parody of Steven Segal action films and post-9/11 media like 24 is a show-within-a-show spun off Adult Swim web series On Cinema at the Cinema, wherein Tim Heidecker plays an evil, buffoonish, idiotic, shallow, narcissistic, Trumpian version of himself.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
As Ben, Aleksander D’Avignon has the icy-cool, narcissistic demeanor of a serial killer.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
On the surface, telling Night Night Fawn through a character as transphobic, narcissistic, and temperamental as Barbara might seem to give greater weight to the perspectives that shape anti-trans sentiments and legislation.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcissistic
selfish
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In contrast, his wife, Chandravati, is selfish as a daughter-in-law and disrespects Swasthani, leading to enormous misery for her.—
Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
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All because a librarian introduced me to a selfish, spoiled girl who desperately needed a place to belong.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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