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narcissism

[nahr-suh-siz-em] / ˈnɑr səˌsɪz ɛm /


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S Mark Young, a professor at the University of Southern California and author of The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism is Seducing America, says Federline's book is unlikely to change people's minds about her.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

Narcissism comes with the territory of memoirs; modest people don’t bare their souls to the world.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

Narcissism really has to do with the person’s intentions and how they view the world.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2023

Narcissism and greed go hand in hand, in individual and collective life.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2019

It was Narcissism in him to love the city so well; he saw his reflection in it; and, like it, he was grimy, big, careless, rich, strong, and unquenchably optimistic.

From The Turmoil, a novel by Tarkington, Booth




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