Narcissistic Meaning
/ˌnɑː.sɪˈsɪs.tɪk/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or pertaining to the nature of narcissism.
adjHaving an inflated idea of one's own importance.
Sentence Examples
It's all part of his narcissistic delirium.
Tom suffers from narcissistic personality disorder.
Sami had a bit of a narcissistic streak.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ leader only cared about his own fame and ignored his team.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was so ____ that he spent several hours every morning admiring his own reflection in the mirror before he would even leave the house.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"Because narcissistics cannot handle failure, they will take great lengths to avoid risks and situations in which defeat is a possibility."
— 1996, Susan B. Gall, Bernard Beins, Alan Feldman, The Gale encyclopedia of psychology, page 247:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ leader only cared about his own fame and ignored his team.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was so ____ that he spent several hours every morning admiring his own reflection in the mirror before he would even leave the house.