narcissistic

adjective

nar·cis·sis·tic ˌnär-sə-ˈsi-stik

: of, relating to, or characterized by narcissism: such as

: extremely self-centered with an exaggerated sense of self-importance : marked by or characteristic of excessive admiration of or infatuation with oneself

a narcissistic personality

He was a very narcissistic man, not too concerned with the world.—

Oliver Sacks

But when a mother's narcissistic needs are so great that she cannot relate to her child as he really is, she loves her child as a self-object—that is, as someone put on this earth to meet her needs.—

Sue Erikson Bloland

see also narcissistic personality disorder

: displaying or marked by excessive concern with one's own physical appearance

… she describes the bind created for women by the judgment that a woman preoccupied with her looks is narcissistic and a woman who is not is unfeminine.—

Carol Gilligan

Our narcissistic culture has turned us into a nation of body-image "junkies" using everything in our power to carve, reshape, remold, and recast our bodies' natural shapes and processes so that they are better fitted to our desires.—

Andrew Kimbrell

Examples of narcissistic in a Sentence

trying to raise the social consciousness of the normally narcissistic Hollywood community

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The tale of a narcissistic corporate executive (Dern) whose nervous breakdown yields a convenient spiritual awakening, the show positions its protagonist in the morally fraught role of a whistle-blower doing the right thing for selfish reasons. —

Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025 The sheriff speculated Litton had a narcissistic personality, shown by him self-appointing himself as a military leader in the nonexistent national group. —

Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025 In the teaser, David says that every single person is a narcissistic psychopath on this show. —

Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025 Her narcissistic abuser father Bob (French Stewart). —

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