as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
trying to raise the social consciousness of the normally narcissistic Hollywood community
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After all, marketing itself is somewhat narcissistic, with its continual cries for attention and thinly veiled braggadocio.
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Martin Kihn, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Lithgow makes Jim a foul-mouthed rebel, a reactionary against movements for non-binary and bisexual visibility, a promiscuous flirt, a narcissistic father, and a loving grandfather.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The film starts as a riff on codependent relationships and a narcissistic man-child who nevertheless gets everyone around him to do his bidding, but as the plot swerves in one direction after the other, the satire gets lost.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 2 Feb. 2025
The American people deserve real answers, not narcissistic speculations.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Martin Kihn, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Lithgow makes Jim a foul-mouthed rebel, a reactionary against movements for non-binary and bisexual visibility, a promiscuous flirt, a narcissistic father, and a loving grandfather.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The film starts as a riff on codependent relationships and a narcissistic man-child who nevertheless gets everyone around him to do his bidding, but as the plot swerves in one direction after the other, the satire gets lost.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 2 Feb. 2025
The American people deserve real answers, not narcissistic speculations.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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