Get to know Narcissism better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like egoism.
Narcissism in a sentence
Narcissism meaning
- A self-centered personality trait in which the person is infatuated with their own characteristics and image that are idealized while others and their differences are devalued in comparison (unless sameness kindles spectacular affinity that forms a rerouting of one's self-love, i.e. the person can see themselves in the other).
- Sexual desire for one's own body.
Synonyms of Narcissism
Using Narcissism
- The main meaning on this page is: A self-centered personality trait in which the person is infatuated with their own characteristics and image that are idealized while others and their differences are devalued in comparison (unless sameness kindles spectacular affinity that forms a rerouting of one's self-love, i.e. the person can see themselves in the other). | Sexual desire for one's own body.
- Useful related words include: self-love, narcism, egoism, egocentrism.
- In the example corpus, narcissism often appears in combinations such as: narcissism and, of narcissism, narcissism is.
Context around Narcissism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Narcissism
- In this selection, "narcissism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, raging, numbing, 1915, harry and cartman stand out and add context to how "narcissism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little narcissism is normal and amount of narcissism and ego. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "narcissism" sits close to words such as adl, alphabets and anarchism, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with narcissism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A little narcissism is normal. (5 words)
Narcissism is of two types. (5 words)
Is all this talk recovery or narcissism? (7 words)
As the oldest daughter in my own family, I'm an expert: for all its pathetic self-pity and mind-numbing narcissism, Harry's tales of perceived second-best treatment could have been written by my own sister. (38 words)
Day paints Ellie as a narcissist and negligent mother more concerned with her church and community activities than looking after her son, who inherits her narcissism along with a thirst for social recognition and public service. (36 words)
As much as we hear about social justice and all the other fluff, what Democrats vote on and value most is a form of hedonism that borders on (or crosses into) narcissism. (32 words)
Is all this talk recovery or narcissism? (7 words)
Decisions and planning are made in a vacuum by people that would be better served seeking advice all while our Country suffers greatly because of their ignorance and narcissism! (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
And "individuals who supervised others decreased less in narcissism from young adulthood to middle age -- meaning that supervisory roles helped maintain prior levels of narcissism," she added.
In On Narcissism (1915) citation Freud turned his attention to the subject of narcissism.
Sigmund Freud only published a paper exclusively devoted to narcissism in 1914, called " On Narcissism: An Introduction ".
A little narcissism is normal.
Another example of this raging narcissism in the trans-slender movement is the debate surrounding airplane seating.
As the oldest daughter in my own family, I'm an expert: for all its pathetic self-pity and mind-numbing narcissism, Harry's tales of perceived second-best treatment could have been written by my own sister.
Comparatively, someone with traits of healthy narcissism will be able to bend to these changes.
Dealing with themes of morality, narcissism and excess, The Picture of Dorian Gray tells the story of a young man who sells his soul in exchange for eternal youth and beauty.
Decisions and planning are made in a vacuum by people that would be better served seeking advice all while our Country suffers greatly because of their ignorance and narcissism!
Feelings and reasons are something that Homelander can never have — even his relationship with his son Ryan () is based on narcissism.
He's got some of Christine's gusto, but a little of Kody's narcissism.
Human narcissism is such that we long for immortality and so the ‘immortal soul’,” like the portrait in oil, or the family photograph, “promises to keep us in the world forever.
It takes a certain amount of narcissism and ego to run for office, so selfishness is baked in. But it had better be controlled.
Such an interpretation, invoking wounded narcissism and pathological autonomy rather than father or Christ complexes and latent homosexuality, certainly has a more twenty-first-century feel to it.
While narcissism can be a personality disorder, all people exhibit some narcissistic traits, some more favorable than others.
As much as we hear about social justice and all the other fluff, what Democrats vote on and value most is a form of hedonism that borders on (or crosses into) narcissism.
Day paints Ellie as a narcissist and negligent mother more concerned with her church and community activities than looking after her son, who inherits her narcissism along with a thirst for social recognition and public service.
In a characteristic display of narcissism, Cartman decides his regular friends aren’t “adult” enough for him anymore.
Is all this talk recovery or narcissism?
Narcissism is of two types.
Common combinations with narcissism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- narcissism and 12×
- of narcissism 10×
- narcissism is 10×
- and narcissism 6×
- narcissism in 4×
- the narcissism 4×
- narcissism as 4×
- narcissism of 4×
- on narcissism 3×
- narcissism the 3×