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
Jagged shards of memory shown in flashbacks suggest Laura’s fear and vulnerability as a young girl (played by the filmmakers’ daughter Eliz Mundruczó), alongside indications of narcissistic, at times violent Ivan’s shortcomings as a parent.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Some older creep takes you aside and teaches you how to manipulate your girlfriends like a narcissistic abuse apprenticeship program?
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
His comments were grievance-filled, narcissistic, conspiratorial, factually false, divisive, and insulting.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Her Delia Deetz, the narcissistic artist stepmom of Winona Ryder’s Lydia Deetz, was a supporting character who stole the whole show.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Some older creep takes you aside and teaches you how to manipulate your girlfriends like a narcissistic abuse apprenticeship program?
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
His comments were grievance-filled, narcissistic, conspiratorial, factually false, divisive, and insulting.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Her Delia Deetz, the narcissistic artist stepmom of Winona Ryder’s Lydia Deetz, was a supporting character who stole the whole show.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for narcissistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcissistic
selfish
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Stellan Skarsgård plays an aging filmmaker whose selfish past led to an estrangement from his daughters and who wants to make a movie inspired by their mom.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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The moment causes Byron, a selfish and braggadocious villain, to have a change of heart, stopping shipments of The Beauty and paying off the families ravaged by its gruesome side effects, like Bella’s.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Narcissistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcissistic. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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