"narcissist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: narcissists [plural]
Etymology: From Narcissus (“a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection”) + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Narcissus|ist|t1=a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection}} Narcissus (“a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection”) + -ist, {{nb...}} […], {{smc|-ist}} -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} narcissist (plural narcissists)
  1. (psychology) One who shows extreme love and admiration for themselves. Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (one who shows extreme love for themselves): نَرْجِسِيّ (narjisiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), нарцы́с (narcýs) [masculine] (Belarusian), narcís [masculine] (Catalan), narcisista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 自我陶醉者 (zìwǒtáozuìzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 自戀者 (Chinese Mandarin), 自恋者 (zìliànzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), narcista [masculine] (Czech), narcist [masculine] (Dutch), narsisti (Finnish), narcissique (French), Narzisst [masculine] (German), Narzisstin [feminine] (German), נרקיסיסט (narkisíst) [masculine] (Hebrew), ナルシスト (narushisuto) (Japanese), narsissist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), narsissist [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), narcyz [masculine] (Polish), narcysta [masculine] (Polish), narcystka [feminine] (Polish), narciso [masculine] (Spanish), narcisista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-narcissist-en-noun-c~qhyAlf Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'one who shows extreme love for themselves': 94 6
  2. (colloquial) An egoist; a person full of egoism and pride. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Translations (person full of egoism): нарцы́с (narcýs) [masculine] (Belarusian), narcís [masculine] (Catalan), narcisista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 利己主义者 (Chinese Mandarin), 自我主义者 (Chinese Mandarin), narsisti (Finnish), narcyz (Polish), narcysta [masculine] (Polish), narcystka [feminine] (Polish), самовлюблённый челове́к (samovljubljónnyj čelovék) [masculine] (Russian), нарци́сс (narcíss) [masculine] (Russian), narciso [masculine] (Spanish), narcisista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-narcissist-en-noun-v~dfIc9R Disambiguation of People: 42 58 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'person full of egoism': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: narcissism, narcissistic

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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "narcís"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "narcisista"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "word": "利己主义者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "word": "自我主义者"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "word": "narsisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "word": "narcyz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "narcysta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "narcystka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samovljubljónnyj čelovék",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самовлюблённый челове́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narcíss",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нарци́сс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "narciso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person full of egoism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "narcisista"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "narcissist"
  ],
  "word": "narcissist"
}

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