Synonyms for narcissism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nahr-suh-siz-em |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɑr səˌsɪz ɛm |
Top 10 synonyms for narcissism
Définition of narcissism
Origin :- 1905, from German Narzissismus, coined 1899 (in "Die sexuellen Perversitäten"), by German psychiatrist Paul Näcke (1851-1913), on a comparison suggested 1898 by Havelock Ellis, from Greek Narkissos, name of a beautiful youth in mythology (Ovid, "Metamorphoses," iii.370) who fell in love with his own reflection in a spring and was turned to the flower narcissus (q.v.). Coleridge used the word in a letter from 1822.
- But already Krishna, enamoured of himself, had resolved to experience lust for his own self; he manifested his own Nature in the cow-herd girls and enjoyed them." [Karapatri, "Lingopasana-rahasya," Siddhanta, II, 1941-2]
- Sometimes erroneously as narcism.
- noun egotism
- Narcissism is a result of stunted growth and of childhood abuse.
- Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
- But, in an effort to compensate for a deep-set inferiority complex, they react with vanity and narcissism.
- Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
Antonyms for narcissism
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