narcissism
nounEtymology
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.
- borrowed from Narzissismus
Definitions
A self-centered personality trait in which the person is infatuated with their own…
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).
Sexual desire for one's own body.
The neighborhood
- neighboregoism
- neighboregocentrism
- neighborself-love
- neighborself-flattery
- neighborautosexuality
- neighborNPD
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for narcissism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA