narcissism.

An excessive concern with one's own importance, image, or need for admiration.

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Words that belong together

• cultural narcissism
• personal narcissism

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The essay criticizes the narcissism of public image-making.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.