A Word That's Been On My Mind

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nar-cis-sism: n. self-love; specif., excessive interest in one's own appearance, etc.

That's from Webster's New World Dictionary.

nar-cis-sism: n. 1. Excessive love or admiration for oneself. See Synonyms at conceit. 2. A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem. 3. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development. 4. The attribute of the human psyche characterized by admiration of oneself but within normal limits.

That's from dictionary.com: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.

2 Comments:

At 8:28 AM, CarpeDM said...

I love words. They are so great. Narcissism comes from the legend of Narcissus, a young man who was so enthralled with his own beauty that he died, staring at his reflection.

Pretty fitting.

At 10:00 AM, Matt said...

'Nuff said.....couldn't have been any better.....I like it.