narcissistic-personality disorder

A form of narcissistic personality disorder — A personality disorder characterized by an overinflated sense of self-importance (incl. subordination of other people's needs), sensitivity to criticism and difference in opinion and the denigration of others that are deemed lesser.

Meanings

nounnarcissistic-personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural narcissistic-personality disorders)

plural narcissistic-personality disorders

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of narcissistic personality disorder

    [Arnold] Goldberg is editor of “Casebook of Narcissistic-Personality Disorders” (International University Press, $17.50).

    1978 August 31, Chicago Sun-Times, “This quiz will tell you whether you’re too proud of yourself”, in The Argus, Rock Island, Ill., →OCLC, page 9, column 5
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    The psychiatrist [Park Dietz] diagnosed Hinckley as having four personality disorders: […] A narcissistic-personality disorder that Dietz said is “the view that one is more important than other people.”

    1982 June 5, Associated Press, “Psychiatrist denies [John] Hinckley [Jr.] was insane”, in The Arizona Republic, 93rd year, number 20, Phoenix, Ariz., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A3, columns 1–2

    Amy Castillo, a pediatrician, requested a proctective order in Montgomery County District Court on Dec. 25, 2006, and asked that her husband receive psychiatric counseling. In her petition, she said her husband had been found two months earlier to have mood disorder and narcissistic-personality disorder.

    2008 April 1, Associated Press, “Cops: Divorce keyed killings”, in Philadelphia Daily News, volume 84, number 1, Philadelphia, Pa., →OCLC, page 28, column 2

    The Texas assistant DA who prosecuted [Paul] Skulnik for sexual assault told Pamela Colloff of the^([sic]) New York Times and ProPublica that he was “grandiose, delusional and had narcissistic-personality disorder.”

    2020 January 19, Fred Grimm, “Florida prosecutors believed con man, snitch”, in South Florida Sun Sentinel, volume 60, number 269, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33A, column 3
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