excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one’s physical appearance.
Psychology extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one’s own talents and a craving for admiration, as characterizing a personality type.
Psychoanalysis self-centredness arising from failure to distinguish the self from external objects, either in very young babies or as a feature of mental disorder.
Derivatives
narcissist
noun
Origin:
early 19th century: via Latin from the Greek name Narkissos(see Narcissus)+ -ism
narcissism in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of narcissism in the US English dictionary
