narcissist
Americannoun
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a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
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Psychiatry. a person who has narcissistic personality disorder.
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Psychoanalysis. a person who experiences or exhibits narcissism, deriving erotic gratification from admiration of their own physical or mental attributes.
Etymology
Origin of narcissist
First recorded in 1915–20; narciss(ism) + -ist
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I did start dating a guy who was a narcissist, and my world shifted a bit, which temporarily turned my priorities upside down.
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I don’t know whether or not he is a narcissist, but from your retelling, he is someone who has always looked out for himself.
From MarketWatch
Don’t call them a narcissist or a gaslighter.
The situation is a great example of how narcissists defeat themselves.
From Salon
“And we always talked about it as these two narcissists who essentially learn by the end of the season to care about one other person — each other.”
From Los Angeles Times
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