NARCISSISM


Meaning of NARCISSISM in English

ˈnärsəˌsizəm, ˈnȧs noun

( -s )

Etymology: German narzissismus, from Narziss Narcissus (from Latin Narcissus ) + -ismus -ism

1.

a. : egoism , egocentrism

b. : overevaluation of one's own attributes or achievements or of those of one's group

2. : love of or sexual desire for one's own body

3. : the state or stage of development in which there is a heavy investment of libido in one's own ego and which in abnormal forms persists through fixation or reappears through regression

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.