as in egomaniacs
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 narcissists
These traits may be a magnet for narcissists—and research published in the journal Management Science suggests avoiding putting them in job ads for that exact reason.
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Despite its deceptive simplicity, A Narcissist’s Prayer accurately speaks to the wide variety of psychological tactics narcissists deploy to disarm and control their victims.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Despite its deceptive simplicity, A Narcissist’s Prayer accurately speaks to the wide variety of psychological tactics narcissists deploy to disarm and control their victims.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcissists
Noun
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Life is too short to work with jerks.—
Shayne Fitz-Coy,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Needless to say, all these vain, privileged, self-promoting jerks are soon going to make CW’s acquaintance, then regret it — even as vengeful Madison zeroes in on that lady’s whereabouts.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Strangely, all the clowns with Ukraine flags 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 in their bio are also all silent on this one.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The sheriff threatens to arrest Morticia on account of aiding and abetting a murderer, but Gomez points out that these clowns (the cops) abandoned Nevermore to protect Normies at Pilgrim World.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Narcissists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcissists. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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