narcissistic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌnɑː.sɪˈsɪs.tɪk/ (UK)
- /ˌnɑɹ.sɪˈsɪs.tɪk/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English narcissist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English narcissistic From narcissist + -ic.
Meanings
- Of or pertaining to the nature of narcissism.
- Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
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Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.
Anyone who goes into a voting booth on November the 8th and comes out saying, “I feel a hundred percent great about what I just did in there!,” is either lying to themselves, or did something unspeakable in that booth! And that means, as uncomfortable as this is, everyone has to own the floors of whoever you vote for, whether they are a lying handsy narcissistic sociopath, a hawkish Wall Street-friendly embodiment of everything that some people can’t stand about politics, an ill-tempered mountain molester with a radical dangerous tax plan that even he can’t defend, or a conspiracy-pandering political neophyte with no clear understanding of how government operates and who once recorded this folk rap about the virtues of bicycling.
2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:“When left to their own devices, people who are extremely narcissistic in this unhealthy way are not going to change,” said Dr. Malkin, a lecturer at Harvard Medical School who was not involved in the research.
2024 July 11, Christina Caron, “Narcissism Is a Trait That’s Hard to Shake, Study Says”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2024:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most narcissistic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more narcissistic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
narcissistic number · narcissistic personality disorder · narcissistically · narcissistic supply · nonnarcissistic
Relateds
narcissism · narcissist · narcissize · megalomania
Translations (34)
eo memama (obsessed with one's image and ego) · id narsistik (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · ru нарцисси́ческий (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · fr narcissique (obsessed with one's image and ego) · ar نَرْجِسِيّ (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · ar نَرْجِسِيّ (obsessed with one's image and ego) · ca egòlatra (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · ru самовлюблённый (obsessed with one's image and ego) · pl narcystyczny (obsessed with one's image and ego) · uk нарцистичний (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · fr narcissique (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · es narcisista (obsessed with one's image and ego) · sv narcissistisk (obsessed with one's image and ego) · pl narcystyczny (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · ca narcisista (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · de narzisstisch (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · fi narsistinen (obsessed with one's image and ego) · uk нарциси́чний (obsessed with one's image and ego) · eo memama (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · fi narsistinen (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · ca egòlatra (obsessed with one's image and ego) · ru нарцисси́ческий (obsessed with one's image and ego) · kk нарцистік (obsessed with one's image and ego) · cmn 自戀的 /自恋的 (obsessed with one's image and ego) · nv ayóóʼádóʼní (obsessed with one's image and ego) · uk самозако́ханий (obsessed with one's image and ego) · cmn 自大的 (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · be самаўлюбёны (obsessed with one's image and ego) · kk нарцистік (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · de narzisstisch (obsessed with one's image and ego) · ca narcisista (obsessed with one's image and ego) · es narcisista (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · sv narcissistisk (having an inflated idea of one's own importance) · mi whakatāupe (obsessed with one's image and ego)