narcissism

English

Etymology

From original German Narzissismus, soon changed to Narzissmus due to haplology, from Narcissus, a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection, + -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːsəˌsɪzm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɹsəˌsɪzm/

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Noun

narcissism (usually uncountable, plural narcissisms)

1. Excessive love of oneself.
   • 2024 July 11, Christina Caron, “Narcissism Is a Trait That’s Hard to Shake, Study Says”, in The New York Times‎:

     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.

2. Sexual desire for one's own body.

Hyponyms

• NPD

Holonyms

• dark triad

Derived terms

• narcissist
• narcissistic
• narcissize

Translations

excessive love of oneself

Arabic: نَرْجِسِيَّة f (narjisiyya) Egyptian Arabic: نرجسية f (nargisiyya) Armenian: նարցիսիզմ (hy) (narcʻisizm) Belarusian: нарцысі́зм m (narcysízm) Bulgarian: нарциси́зъм (bg) m (narcisízǎm) Catalan: narcisisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 自戀 / 自恋 (zh) (zìliàn) Czech: narcismus (cs) m, narcisismus m Dutch: narcisme (nl) n Esperanto: memamo Estonian: nartsissism Finnish: narsismi (fi) French: narcissisme (fr) m Georgian: ნარცისიზმი (narcisizmi) German: Narzissmus (de) m Greek: ναρκισσισμός (el) m (narkissismós), αυτοθαυμασμός (el) m (aftothavmasmós), ωραιοπάθεια (el) f (oraiopátheia) Indonesian: narsisisme, narsisme (id) Irish: naircisíocht f Italian: narcisismo (it) m Japanese: ナルシシズム (ja) (narushishizumu), ナルシシスム (narushishisumu), 自己愛 (じこあい, jikoai) Korean: 나르시시즘 (nareusisijeum), 자기애(自己愛) (ko) (jagiae) Macedonian: самољубивост f (samoljubivost) Manx: hene-graih m Maori: mate whakatāupe, mate whakaataata Persian: خودشیفتگی (xodšiftegi) Polish: narcyzm (pl) m Portuguese: narcisismo (pt) m Romanian: narcisism (ro) n Russian: нарцисси́зм (ru) m (narcissízm), самовлюблённость (ru) f (samovljubljónnostʹ), самолюбова́ние (ru) n (samoljubovánije) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: samodopadljivost, samoljublje (sh), narcizam (sh) m, narcisizam m Slovak: narcizmus m Slovene: narcizem m Spanish: narcisismo (es) m Swedish: narcissism (sv) c Thai: ความหลงตนเอง (th) Turkish: narsisizm (tr) Ukrainian: нарциси́зм m (narcysýzm) Welsh: narsisiaeth f

sexual deviation

Indonesian: narsisisme Russian: нарцисси́зм (ru) m (narcissízm), аутоэроти́зм (ru) m (autoerotízm), аутофили́я (ru) f (autofilíja), аутоэра́стия (ru) f (autoerástija), аутосексуа́льность (ru) f (autoseksuálʹnostʹ)

See also

• egoism
• egocentrism
• self-love
• self-flattery
• autosexuality

Further reading

• narcissism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

narcissism

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

narcissism c

1. narcissism

Declension

Declension of narcissism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	narcissism	narcissisms
	definite	narcissismen	narcissismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• narcissist (“narcissist”)
• narcissistisk (“narcissistic”)

References

• narcissism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• narcissism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• narcissism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)