narcissist

/nɑ:'sisist/

Thân thiện

A narcissist gazes at his own reflection in a large mirror while ignoring the people around him.

Definition

Noun: 1. A person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves: A narcissist is characterized by an inflated sense of self-importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, and a lack of empathy for others. This often manifests in behaviors focused on self-glorification and vanity.

Examples of Usage

Advanced Usage

• Clinical Narcissist: This term refers to someone diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), a recognized mental health condition characterized by a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior as described in the definition.
  • The therapist specialized in treating clinical narcissists.
• Cultural Narcissism: A sociological concept describing a culture or society that promotes and values self-centeredness, vanity, and the pursuit of personal fame.
  • Some critics argue that the age of social media has encouraged a form of cultural narcissism.

Variants and Related Words

• Narcissism (n): The personality trait or condition of being a narcissist; excessive self-love.
  • His narcissism made it impossible for him to maintain healthy relationships.
• Narcissistic (adj): Having the characteristics of a narcissist.
  • She displayed narcissistic tendencies, often talking for hours about her own achievements.

Synonyms

• Egotist: A self-centered person; someone who is excessively conceited or absorbed in themselves.
• Egomaniac: A person who is obsessively self-absorbed.
• Vain person: Someone who is overly proud of their appearance or abilities.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• In love with themselves: A descriptive phrase meaning the same as being a narcissist.
  • He's so in love with himself that he has mirrors on every wall.
• To have a big head: (Informal idiom) To be conceited or overly proud of oneself.
  • Winning the award gave him a big head; he won't stop talking about it.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone in love with themselves

Từ đồng nghĩa

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