narcissistn.adj.
/ˈnɑːsᵻsɪst/, U.S. /ˈnɑrsəsəst/ A. n.
A person characterized by narcissism; an excessively self-admiring person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] > vain person
puppy?1544
self-lover1555
coxcomb1567
feather-cock1612
self-admirer1633
self-idolater1643
cockcomb1684
peachick1693
worship-willer1721
narcissus1767
narcissist1917
1917 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 14 397 He [sc. Freud] denominated this stage the narcissistic, and provided a convenient term which..symbolizes as narcissists a great class of mankind.
1930 B. Russell Conquest of Happiness i. i. 22 A narcissist,..inspired by the homage paid to great painters, may become an art student.
1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 May 552/4 The offer to write Mme Récamier's biography, an offer the irresistible narcissist could not refuse.
1998 Prospect Mar. 62/1 The Freudian explanation for the origins of narcissism focuses on the fact that all infants start out narcissists—completely self-absorbed.
B. adj.
Of the nature of or characterized by narcissism; excessively self-admiring. Cf. narcissine adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [adjective]
self-liking1580
self-loved1590
self-admiring1592
self-loving1593
self-liked1599
glass-gazing1608
coxcombly1610
self-admired1621
coxcombical1649
self-idolizing1649
vain1692
flashy1693
vaunty1724
coxcombic1730
self-idolized1766
narcissine1805
foofaraw1848
vanitous1900
narcissistic1915
narcistic1918
dicty1920
narcissist1934
1934 C. Day Lewis Hope for Poetry vi. 32 We find, instead of criticism, long narcissist ramblings, the ‘reviewer's’ views on everything under the sun.
1953 Ess. in Crit. 3 89 A narcissist indulgence in a ‘phantasmal world’ of self-reflection.
1994 H. Bloom Western Canon iii. xv. 357 What is he, we say, except..a kind of bogus poet, a narcissist, absurd self-idolater?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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