as in egotist
a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests
with the rise of TV reality shows, attention-craving narcissists had a public forum for their self-infatuation
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Recent Examples of narcissist
Some superstars hide their megalomania under humility; Williams shields his tenderness with jokes about being a narcissist, only exposing his wounds in his muscular, vulnerable lyrics.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
My mother is taking care of my three oldest children (their father, a narcissist just like her, just passed away a year ago).
—R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2024
Avoid going into the merits of the narcissist’s criticism.
—Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
That’s part of the idea behind the movie, was trying to understand how people can become corrupted by these charismatic ideologues who are really narcissists.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
My mother is taking care of my three oldest children (their father, a narcissist just like her, just passed away a year ago).
—R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2024
Avoid going into the merits of the narcissist’s criticism.
—Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
That’s part of the idea behind the movie, was trying to understand how people can become corrupted by these charismatic ideologues who are really narcissists.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for narcissist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcissist
Noun
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At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster.—
Daniel Byman,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Oct. 2019
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McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.—
Steve Coll,
The New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2023
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My job was to go over there and not be a jerk and try to advance the stand-up ball a couple of yards for the next guy that comes over there.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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Drugs and being a selfish jerk threaten everything, of course, and seeing a chimp go through the out-of-control partying instead of a normal dude is a bit different.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
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Some of his friends also collected drawings of clowns on jailhouse envelopes sent by their dads.—
Frank Rojas,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The buzziest piece unveiled for last year’s show consisted of two large inflatable clown heads squished between two buildings.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Narcissist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcissist. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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