as in selfness
excessive interest in oneself
in his narcissism, he just assumed that everyone else wanted to hear the tiny details of his day
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Recent Examples of narcissism
Validation is another great tool to counter workplace narcissism.
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Her personality has been cleansed of the too-obvious psychological tics (alcoholism, narcissism, delusion) used to explain her unseemly propositions.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
But the moon landing did nothing to diminish injustice, war, poverty, bigotry, narcissism or philosophical emptiness, the scourges of mankind.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
Personality Disorders: Traits like narcissism can exacerbate manipulative behaviors that have always been present.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Her personality has been cleansed of the too-obvious psychological tics (alcoholism, narcissism, delusion) used to explain her unseemly propositions.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
But the moon landing did nothing to diminish injustice, war, poverty, bigotry, narcissism or philosophical emptiness, the scourges of mankind.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
Personality Disorders: Traits like narcissism can exacerbate manipulative behaviors that have always been present.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcissism
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Whereas the people of the country paid dearly for their moment of selfishness.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Some view focusing on one’s goals with determination as an act of selfishness.—
William Jones,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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Soapstone tops the bespoke vanity with hardware from Rejuvenation.—
Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
17 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Petroni Photography The primary suite bathroom features twin vanities, side-by-side showers encased in a glass cube and a black bathtub under a crystal chandelier at its center.—
Ray Parisi,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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After surviving the Holocaust, a Hungarian Jewish architect (Adrien Brody) comes to the USA to build a life for his family while weathering his own considerable ego and vices.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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But managing egos and personalities is part of the job along with writing lineups and making pitching changes.—
Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Other simulations have relied on personality trait theory, which holds that people have varying levels of psychoticism (aggression and egocentrism), extraversion (associated with more daring behaviors) and neuroticism (linked to anxiety and shyness).—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
4 Apr. 2022
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The common traits here are a lack of empathy and egocentrism.—
Ana Reed,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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There are early indications that Biden’s mishandling of classified documents is rooted in error rather than corruption or egomania.—
Jason Linkins,
The New Republic,
21 Jan. 2023
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The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania.—
Darren Franich,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2020
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In the view of Georgie’s daughter, Suke Wolton, who teaches politics at Oxford, her late mother found Foster’s self-absorption a little hard to take.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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But that feckless self-absorption is rerouted, if not extinguished, by a chance sighting of local resident Charlotte (Alison Pill).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
13 Dec. 2024
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Trump’s slogans—America First and Make America Great Again—embody the essence of populism, namely using ideology to advance a political program that is morally unconstrained and driven by collective egoism.—
BÁLINT MADLOVICS,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
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Psychological egoism is at play here, too, with Jimmy’s extreme emotional investment in getting Grace help.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2024
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