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
With a narcissistic person, there is no repair.
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Susan Caminiti, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
In the first season, tThe drama based on James Patterson’s best-selling novel series saw Cross pursue a narcissistic serial killer played by Ryan Eggold and uncover Miss Nancy as an assumed stalker endangering his family.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Cursed to always be the back-up singer, Dixie is narcissistic, ruthless and driven by revenge.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
Your narcissistic side is really lapping it up, but also the humble side, or the fake humble side, is like, ‘Oh no.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
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Susan Caminiti, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
In the first season, tThe drama based on James Patterson’s best-selling novel series saw Cross pursue a narcissistic serial killer played by Ryan Eggold and uncover Miss Nancy as an assumed stalker endangering his family.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Cursed to always be the back-up singer, Dixie is narcissistic, ruthless and driven by revenge.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
Your narcissistic side is really lapping it up, but also the humble side, or the fake humble side, is like, ‘Oh no.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for narcissistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcissistic
selfish
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In such cases, solidarity and compassion themselves might seem like luxuries next to the all-conquering, primally selfish urge to save your own skin.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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That suits its otherworldly and somewhat formal tone, which takes viewers deep into Japan’s mythical past for a quartet of eerie tales about lonely ghosts and vengeful spirits who bring supernatural justice to selfish and immoral humans.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Narcissistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcissistic. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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