NARCISSISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does narcissism mean? 

• NARCISSISM (noun)
  The noun NARCISSISM has 1 sense:

1. an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

  Familiarity information: NARCISSISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NARCISSISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

narcism; narcissism; self-love

Context example:

self-love that shut out everyone else

Hypernyms ("narcissism" is a kind of...):

conceit; conceitedness; vanity (the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride)

Derivation:

narcissist (someone in love with themselves)

narcissistic (characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance)