Excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself. synonym: conceit.
Similar: conceit
A personality disorder characterized by self-preoccupation, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
They said ‘his narcissism’
They made no diagnostic qualification.
Ie. Displaying narcissism and being a narcissist and having a narcissistic personality disorder are all different things with different definitions which can be applied in different ways.
narcissism /när′sĭ-sĭz″əm/ noun
Excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself. synonym: conceit. Similar: conceit
A personality disorder characterized by self-preoccupation, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
They said ‘his narcissism’ They made no diagnostic qualification.
Ie. Displaying narcissism and being a narcissist and having a narcissistic personality disorder are all different things with different definitions which can be applied in different ways.