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narcissistic

UK/ˌnɑː.sɪˈsɪs.tɪk//ˌnɑɹ.sɪˈsɪs.tɪk/

narcissistic adjective: of or pertaining to the nature of narcissism.

Adjective

narcissistic (comparative more narcissistic, superlative most narcissistic)

  1. Of or pertaining to the nature of narcissism.
  2. Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
  3. Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.
    • Anyone who goes into a voting booth on November the 8th and comes out saying, “I feel a hundred percent great about what I just did in there!,” is either lying to themselves, or did something unspeakable in that booth! And that means, as uncomfortable as this is, everyone has to own the floors of...2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO
    • “When left to their own devices, people who are extremely narcissistic in this unhealthy way are not going to change,” said Dr. Malkin, a lecturer at Harvard Medical School who was not involved in the research.2024 July 11, Christina Caron, “Narcissism Is a Trait That’s Hard to Shake, Study Says”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2024

Noun

narcissistic (plural narcissistics)

  1. A narcissist.
    • Because narcissistics cannot handle failure, they will take great lengths to avoid risks and situations in which defeat is a possibility.1996, Susan B. Gall, Bernard Beins, Alan Feldman, The Gale encyclopedia of psychology, page 247

narcissistic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

narcissistic in Hindi

नार्सिसिस्टिक, नार्किसिस्टिक

narcissistic in Tamil

நாசீசிஸ்டிக், நாசீசிஸிஸ்டிக்

narcissistic in Marathi

नार्सिसिस्टिक, नाॅर्सिसिस्टिक, नार्किसिस्टिक

narcissistic in Urdu

نارسیسسٹک
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narcissistic in Bengali
নার্সিসিস্টিক
narcissistic in Telugu
నార్సిసిస్టిక్
narcissistic in Malayalam
ആത്മാരാധകനായ, ആത്മാനുരാഗിയായ, വൃഥാഭിമാനിയായ, ആത്മപ്രശംസകനായ
narcissistic in Kannada
ನಾರ್ಸಿಸಿಸ್ಟಿಕ್
narcissistic in Punjabi
ਨਾਰਸੀਸਿਸਟਿਕ, ਨਾਰਸਿਸਟਿਕ, ਨਰਸਿਸਟਿਕ
narcissistic in Gujarati
નાર્સિસિસ્ટિક, નાર્કિસિસ્ટિક, નાર્સિસિસ્ટીક
narcissistic in Odia
ନାର୍ସିସିସ୍ଟିକ, ନାର୍କିସିସ୍ଟିକ, ନାର୍ସିସିଷ୍ଟିକ୍
narcissistic in Nepali
नार्सिसिस्टिक, नार्किसिस्टिक
narcissistic in Arabic
نَرْجِسِيّ narjisiyy
narcissistic in Indonesian
narsistik

Examples of narcissistic in a sentence

  • He’s so narcissistic! He whines that he’s ugly and unlikeable just to fish for compliments.
  • People with narcissistic personality disorder usually have very low self-esteem and base all their self-worth on how much attention they receive.
  • The Brits have been uniquely incompetent in wallowing in narcissistic irrelevance ever since the Brexit vote.

All 27 example sentences with narcissistic

Forms of narcissistic

Adjective
comparativemore narcissistic
superlativemost narcissistic
Noun
pluralnarcissistics

Origin of narcissistic

From narcissist + -ic.

Words formed from narcissistic

Phrases with narcissistic

Questions about narcissistic

What does narcissistic mean?
Narcissistic means of or pertaining to the nature of narcissism.
What is narcissistic in Hindi?
Narcissistic in Hindi is नार्सिसिस्टिक, नार्किसिस्टिक. See Narcissistic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is narcissistic?
Narcissistic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce narcissistic?
Narcissistic is pronounced /ˌnɑː.sɪˈsɪs.tɪk/ (UK).

Words near narcissistic in the dictionary

  1. Narcissian
  2. narcissine
  3. narcissism
  4. narcissisms
  5. narcissist
  6. narcissistic
  7. narcissistic number
  8. narcissistic numbers
  9. narcissistic personality disorder
  10. narcissistic personality disordered
  11. narcissistic personality disorders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: narcissistic (page history and authors); narcissistic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); narcissistic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narcissistic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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