narcistic

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adjective

Narcissistic.

OriginGerman narzißtisch →
First used 20th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivenarcistic (comparative more narcistic, superlative most narcistic)

comparative more narcistic · superlative most narcistic

  1. archaichuman sciencesNarcissistic.First known use 20th c.

    When we study the narcistic neuroses or psychoses […] we find that such patients express their wishes in different ways.

    1946, A. A. Brill, Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychiatry, Alfred Knopf, page 145

Origin

  1. Germannarzißtisch
  2. Englishnarcistic

Syncopic form of narcissistic, after German narzißtisch.

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