Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A self-centered personality trait in which the person is infatuated with their own characteristics and image that are idealized while others and their differences are devalued in comparison (unless sameness kindles spectacular affinity that forms a rerouting of one's self-love, i.e. the person can see themselves in the other).

    Narzissmus

    нарцисси́змnarcissízm, самовлюблённостьsamovljubljónnostʹ, самолюбова́ниеsamoljubovánije

    нарциси́змnarcysýzm

  2. (uncountable, usually)Sexual desire for one's own body.

    нарцисси́змnarcissízm, аутоэроти́змautoerotízm, аутофили́яautofilíja

More definitions
  • an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Jingoism is a form of collective narcissism.

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  2. I don't think it's narcissism; it's just ordinary vanity.

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  3. Narcissism means 'to be more confident'.

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  4. Narcissism, paranoia and a tendency to bullying have characterized Tom since his unhappy childhood.

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  5. I was born into the Hebrew persuasion, but when I got older I converted to narcissism.

    deIch bin im hebräischen Glauben geboren, aber als ich älter wurde, bin ich zum Narzissmus konvertiert. — jerom

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a self-centered personality trait:
Русский
By meaning 2
a self-centered personality trait:
sexual deviation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a self-centered personality trait:

Origin

From obsolete German Narzissismus (now Narzissmus by haplology), from Narziss (“Narcissus”

From obsolete German Narzissismus (now Narzissmus by haplology), from Narziss (“Narcissus”) + -ism. By surface analysis, Narciss(us) (“character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection”) + -ism.

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Forms

plural: narcissisms
Singularnarcissism

uncountable

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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