narcissistic

Excessively self-admiring

Narcissistic describes excessive self-admiration and preoccupation with oneself.

Someone narcissistic craves attention and validation, often at others' expense: Her narcissistic need for praise exhausted everyone around her.

The word derives from Narcissus, the Greek youth who fell in love with his own reflection.

In psychology, narcissistic personality disorder is a clinical diagnosis involving grandiosity, lack of empathy, and fragile self-esteem masked by arrogance.

arrogance

self-important

Exaggerating one's own significance

grandiose · pompous · egotistical · superior · smug · disdainful · imperious · overbearing · patronizing · cocky

vanity

mirror

Reflective viewing surface

self-admiring · photogenic · grooming · primping · self-portrait · reflection · picture-perfect · Instagram · filtered · curated

manipulation

gaslighting

Manipulation causing self-doubt

hoovering · projection · blame-shifting · guilt-tripping · coercive · controlling · exploitative · calculating · scheming · cunning

entitlement

entitled

Having rightful claim

pampered · privileged · deserving · owed · unearned · presumptuous · exploitative · taker · user · self-serving

personality

grandiosity

Exaggerated sense of importance

mask · covert · overt · malignant · vulnerable · somatic · cerebral · collapsed · communal · pathological

ego

self-absorption

Preoccupation with oneself

self-admiration · self-involvement · self-preoccupation · self-regard · self-love · self-focus · self-interest · self-worship · self-glorification · solipsistic

Categories
Opposites
self-focus vs. other-focus

narcissisticselfless

Concerned with others' welfare

altruistic · self-sacrificing · self-denying · charitable · philanthropic

self-regard

narcissistichumble

Unassuming about oneself

modest · self-effacing · diffident · unassuming · meek

empathic capacity

narcissisticempathetic

Feeling what others feel

compassionate · empathic · considerate · caring · sensitive

Phrases
Family

narcissist

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