narcissism Definition
nar·cis·sism (när′sə siz′əm; chiefly Brit, när sis′iz′əm)
noun
- self-love; interest, often excessive interest, in one's own appearance, comfort, importance, abilities, etc.
- Psychoanalysis arrest at or regression to the first stage of libidinal development, in which the self is an object of erotic pleasure
Etymology: Ger Narzissismus (< Narziss, Narcissus) + -ismus, -ism
narcissism Related Forms
nar′·cis·sist noun, adjective
nar′·cis·sis′·tic adjective
narcissism Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- philosophical: I would like to consider whether there might be such a thing as philosophical narcissism.
- own: We realize how much our perception of the Other owes to our own narcissism, our inversion of ourselves into the other.
- psychopathological: You don't dance fish was too things hersh's story psychopathological narcissism can't.
- primary: It is the domain of pure dance and of what dance scholar, Jody Bruner, called, the realm of primary narcissism.
- excessive: And in my experience public relations practitioners often suffer from excessive narcissism and self-doubt.
- general: In general, narcissism and jealousy are the two avenues to power, the two ways to express and achieve power.
Modifies a noun
- fade: When narcissism fades the love mode changes to hate, and pride arises.
- stage: Both these states of mind occur in the narcissism stage of the abreaction of pride.
- mean: Most people don't know what narcissism means, but this does not stop them from experiencing it.
Preposition: in
- mode: Because there is a reversal of values the initial starting condition has to be narcissism in vanity mode.
- abreaction: Forgiveness occurs during the stage of narcissism in the abreaction of pride.
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