noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈnɑːsəˌsɪzm/
US:/ˈnɑɹsəˌsɪzm/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A self-centered personality trait in which the person is infatuated with their own characteristics and image that are idealized while others and their differences are devalued in comparison (unless sameness kindles spectacular affinity that forms a rerouting of one's self-love, i.e. the person can see themselves in the other).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Sexual desire for one's own body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
self-love that shut out everyone else
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-love, narcism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conceit, conceitedness, vanity
History
Etymology
From obsolete German Narzissismus (now Narzissmus by haplology), from Narziss (“Narcissus”) + -ism. By surface analysis, Narciss(us) (“character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection”) + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
narcizëm
— a self-centered personality trait
Arabic:
نَرْجِسِيَّة
(narjisiyya)
— a self-centered personality trait
Arabic:
نرجسية
(nargisiyya)
— a self-centered personality trait
Armenian:
նարցիսիզմ
(narcʻisizm)
— a self-centered personality trait
Belarusian:
нарцысі́зм
(narcysízm)
— a self-centered personality trait
Bulgarian:
нарциси́зъм
(narcisízǎm)
— a self-centered personality trait
Catalan:
narcisisme
— a self-centered personality trait
Chinese Mandarin:
自戀 /自恋
(zìliàn)
— a self-centered personality trait
Czech:
narcismus
— a self-centered personality trait
Czech:
narcisismus
— a self-centered personality trait
Danish:
narcissisme
— a self-centered personality trait
Dutch:
narcisme
— a self-centered personality trait
Esperanto:
memamo
— a self-centered personality trait
Estonian:
nartsissism
— a self-centered personality trait
Finnish:
narsismi
— a self-centered personality trait
French:
narcissisme
— a self-centered personality trait
Georgian:
ნარცისიზმი
(narcisizmi)
— a self-centered personality trait
German:
Narzissmus
— a self-centered personality trait
Greek:
ναρκισσισμός
(narkissismós)
— a self-centered personality trait
Greek:
αυτοθαυμασμός
(aftothavmasmós)
— a self-centered personality trait
Greek:
ωραιοπάθεια
(oraiopátheia)
— a self-centered personality trait
Hindi:
आत्ममोह
(ātmamoh)
— a self-centered personality trait
Indonesian:
narsisisme
— a self-centered personality trait
Indonesian:
narsisme
— a self-centered personality trait
Irish:
naircisíocht
— a self-centered personality trait
Italian:
narcisismo
— a self-centered personality trait
Japanese:
ナルシシズム
(narushishizumu)
— a self-centered personality trait
Japanese:
ナルシシスム
(narushishisumu)
— a self-centered personality trait
Japanese:
自己愛
(jikoai)
— a self-centered personality trait
Korean:
나르시시즘
(nareusisijeum)
— a self-centered personality trait
Korean:
자기애
(jagiae)
— a self-centered personality trait
Macedonian:
самољубивост
(samoljubivost)
— a self-centered personality trait
Manx:
hene-graih
— a self-centered personality trait
Māori:
mate whakatāupe
— a self-centered personality trait
Māori:
mate whakaataata
— a self-centered personality trait
Persian:
خودشیفتگی
(xodšiftegi)
— a self-centered personality trait
Polish:
narcyzm
— a self-centered personality trait
Portuguese:
narcisismo
— a self-centered personality trait
Romanian:
narcisism
— a self-centered personality trait
Russian:
нарцисси́зм
(narcissízm)
— a self-centered personality trait
Russian:
самовлюблённость
(samovljubljónnostʹ)
— a self-centered personality trait
Russian:
самолюбова́ние
(samoljubovánije)
— a self-centered personality trait
Serbo-Croatian:
samodopadljivost
— a self-centered personality trait
Serbo-Croatian:
samoljublje
— a self-centered personality trait
Serbo-Croatian:
narcizam
— a self-centered personality trait
Serbo-Croatian:
narcisizam
— a self-centered personality trait
Slovak:
narcizmus
— a self-centered personality trait
Slovene:
narcizem
— a self-centered personality trait
Spanish:
narcisismo
— a self-centered personality trait
Swedish:
narcissism
— a self-centered personality trait
Thai:
ความหลงตนเอง
— a self-centered personality trait
Turkish:
narsisizm
— a self-centered personality trait
Ukrainian:
нарциси́зм
(narcysýzm)
— a self-centered personality trait
Welsh:
narsisiaeth
— a self-centered personality trait
Hindi:
आत्ममोह
(ātmamoh)
— sexual deviation
Hindi:
आत्मरति
(ātmarti)
— sexual deviation
Indonesian:
narsisisme
— sexual deviation
Russian:
нарцисси́зм
(narcissízm)
— sexual deviation
Russian:
аутоэроти́зм
(autoerotízm)
— sexual deviation
Russian:
аутофили́я
(autofilíja)
— sexual deviation
Russian:
аутоэра́стия
(autoerástija)
— sexual deviation
Russian:
аутосексуа́льность
(autoseksuálʹnostʹ)
— sexual deviation
