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narcistic

narcistic adjective: narcissistic.

Adjective

narcistic (comparative more narcistic, superlative most narcistic)

  1. (archaic) Narcissistic.
    • When we study the narcistic neuroses or psychoses […] we find that such patients express their wishes in different ways.1946, A. A. Brill, Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychiatry, Alfred Knopf, page 145

Forms of narcistic

comparativemore narcistic
superlativemost narcistic

Origin of narcistic

Syncopic form of narcissistic, after German narzißtisch.

Questions about narcistic

What does narcistic mean?
Narcistic means narcissistic.
What part of speech is narcistic?
Narcistic is an adjective.

Words near narcistic in the dictionary

  1. narcissus
  2. narcissus-flowered anemone
  3. narcissus-flowered anemones
  4. narcissuses
  5. narcist
  6. narcistic
  7. narcists
  8. narco
  9. narco torpedo
  10. narco torpedos
  11. narco-

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