Sample sentences for NARCISSISM

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Definition

an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

The narcissistic teenage girl spent hours checking her makeup in a mirror everyday.

narcissistic = an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

"I think narcissism is one of my most interesting qualities. Don't you?"
The paradox about narcissism is that we all have this streak of egotism. Eighty percent of people think they're better than average.
Mark Leary
Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.
Sigmund Freud
They think the world revolves around them and they are not considerate. They are not kind. They are trapped in a cage of narcissism we have built for them.
P.M. Forni
twins all bound up in tandem narcissism
Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes

narcissism = exceptional self-interest or self-admiration

"I'm too ugly to be a narcissist," he said.
Mitch Albom -- Tuesdays with Morrie

narcissist = person with exceptional admiration of themselves

But in AIA, Anna decides that being a person with cancer who starts a cancer charity is a bit narcissistic, so she starts a charity called The Anna Foundation for People with Cancer Who Want to Cure Cholera.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

narcissistic = self-focused

Maybe I was a narcissist or something, but when I realized it there in that moment at Oranjee, it made me like him even more.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

narcissist = one with exceptional self-admiration or self-interest

The flames of hedonism, the flames of narcissism, the flames of self-centered morality are licking at the very foundations of our society, the family unit.
Bob Barr
Phillip is narcissistic and only does things that benefit him, and I've come to realize this has been the case all along.
Jaycee Lee Dugard -- A Stolen Life
On a day normally given over to narcissism, I must consider my family and give nourishment to another living creature.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
I'm a narcissist at heart."
Nicholas Sparks -- Safe Haven
Really, the narcissism of today's youth!"
Rick Yancey -- The Infinite Sea
He spoke sternly about the danger of "seeking false happiness in a variety of narcissistic pleasures."
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
And that narcissism will soon doom him.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
The life of a narcissist is often cluttered.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
A raging narcissist, of course.
Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
"You young rascal, you!" he said, giving Eugene another jerk, and beginning to laugh with narcissistic pleasure.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
"Margo's parents suffer a severe narcissistic injury whenever she acts out," Dad said to me.
John Green -- Paper Towns

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