as in egotist
a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests
with the rise of TV reality shows, attention-craving narcissists had a public forum for their self-infatuation
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Recent Examples of narcissist
While covert narcissists—marked by insecurity and vulnerability—may thrive in less public roles, grandiose narcissists gravitate toward positions of power and visibility.
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Mark Murphy, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
As secrets unravel in a house full of narcissists, Laurel must confront not only a killer but also the haunting truths of her own past.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
There was a time, not long ago, when men who lifted weights for fun were seen as either thugs or narcissists.
—Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
And Ruby herself is written as an immature narcissist who would be unbearable to watch if she wasn’t played by as fundamentally charming an actor as Everything Everywhere All at Once alum Hsu.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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Mark Murphy, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
As secrets unravel in a house full of narcissists, Laurel must confront not only a killer but also the haunting truths of her own past.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
There was a time, not long ago, when men who lifted weights for fun were seen as either thugs or narcissists.
—Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
And Ruby herself is written as an immature narcissist who would be unbearable to watch if she wasn’t played by as fundamentally charming an actor as Everything Everywhere All at Once alum Hsu.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcissist
Noun
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At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster.—
Daniel Byman,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Oct. 2019
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McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.—
Steve Coll,
The New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2023
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Diagnosed first with Jeavons syndrome in 2018/19—a rare form of epilepsy characterized by absence seizures and eyelid jerks—a 1,000-gene epilepsy panel in 2020 revealed further health problems.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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My job was to go over there and not be a jerk and try to advance the stand-up ball a couple of yards for the next guy that comes over there.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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While the aforementioned gamer creep threatens to rob us of silly confrontational television, there’s been one thing stopping them and making season three entertaining: The Traitors picked this season are dysfunctional clowns.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
6 Feb. 2025
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There was a good joke buried in that conceit: maybe only clowns spend as much time in the makeup chair as the drag artists that have provided Roan the inspiration for her primary look.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Narcissist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcissist. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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