Meanings
plural narcissisms
- uncountableusuallyExcessive love of oneself.
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Although the researchers found that, on average, narcissism gradually declined as people aged, “the results show that this decline is not as large as one might hope,” said Ulrich Orth, the lead author of the paper and a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The declines in narcissism took place over the span of decades.
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 - uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesA self-centered personality disorder in which the person is infatuated with their own characteristics and image that are idealized while others and their differences are devalued in comparison.
Synonyms: narcissistic personality disorder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA self-centered personality disorder in which the person is infatuated with their own characteristics and image that are idealized while others and their differences are devalued in comparison.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
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Origin
- GermanNarzissismus
- Englishnarcissism
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَرْجِسِيَّة
- نَرْجِسِيَّة (narjisiyya)excessive love of oneself
Bulgarian нарциси́зъм
- нарциси́зъм (narcisízăm)excessive love of oneself
Catalan narcisisme
- narcisismeexcessive love of oneself
Chinese Mandarin 自戀 /自恋
- 自戀 /自恋 (zìliàn)excessive love of oneself
Czech narcismus, narcisismus
- narcismusexcessive love of oneself
- narcisismusexcessive love of oneself
Danish narcissisme
- narcissismeexcessive love of oneself
Dutch narcisme
- narcismeexcessive love of oneself
Esperanto memamo
- memamoexcessive love of oneself
Estonian nartsissism
- nartsissismexcessive love of oneself
Finnish narsismi
- narsismiexcessive love of oneself
French narcissisme
- narcissismeexcessive love of oneself
German Narzissmus
- Narzissmusexcessive love of oneself
Greek ναρκισσισμός, αυτοθαυμασμός
- ναρκισσισμός (narkissismós)excessive love of oneself
- αυτοθαυμασμός (aftothavmasmós)excessive love of oneself
- ωραιοπάθεια (oraiopátheia)excessive love of oneself
Hindi आत्ममोह, आत्ममोह
- आत्ममोह (ātmamoh)excessive love of oneself
- आत्ममोह (ātmamoh)sexual deviation
- आत्मरति (ātmarti)sexual deviation
Indonesian narsisisme, narsisme
- narsisismeexcessive love of oneself
- narsismeexcessive love of oneself
- narsisismesexual deviation
Irish naircisíocht
- naircisíochtexcessive love of oneself
Italian narcisismo
- narcisismoexcessive love of oneself
Japanese ナルシシズム, ナルシシスム
- ナルシシズム (narushishizumu)excessive love of oneself
- ナルシシスム (narushishisumu)excessive love of oneself
- 自己愛 (jikoai)excessive love of oneself
Korean 나르시시즘, 자기애
- 나르시시즘 (nareusisijeum)excessive love of oneself
- 자기애 (jagiae)excessive love of oneself
Māori mate whakatāupe, mate whakaataata
- mate whakatāupeexcessive love of oneself
- mate whakaataataexcessive love of oneself
Persian خودشیفتگی
- خودشیفتگی (xodšiftegi)excessive love of oneself
Polish narcyzm
- narcyzmexcessive love of oneself
Portuguese narcisismo
- narcisismoexcessive love of oneself
Romanian narcisism
- narcisismexcessive love of oneself
Russian нарцисси́зм, самовлюблённость
- нарцисси́зм (narcissízm)excessive love of oneself
- самовлюблённость (samovljubljónnostʹ)excessive love of oneself
- самолюбова́ние (samoljubovánije)excessive love of oneself
- нарцисси́зм (narcissízm)sexual deviation
- аутоэроти́зм (autoerotízm)sexual deviation
- аутофили́я (autofilíja)sexual deviation
- аутоэра́стия (autoerástija)sexual deviation
- аутосексуа́льность (autoseksuálʹnostʹ)sexual deviation
Slovak narcizmus
- narcizmusexcessive love of oneself
Spanish narcisismo
- narcisismoexcessive love of oneself
Swedish narcissism
- narcissismexcessive love of oneself
Thai ความหลงตนเอง
- ความหลงตนเองexcessive love of oneself
Turkish narsisizm
- narsisizmexcessive love of oneself
Ukrainian нарциси́зм
- нарциси́зм (narcysýzm)excessive love of oneself
Welsh narsisiaeth
- narsisiaethexcessive love of oneself
Cite this entry
narcissism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narcissism
“narcissism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narcissism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “narcissism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narcissism.
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