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narcissistic personality disorder

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A personality disorder characterized by an overinflated sense of self-importance (incl. subordination of other people's needs), sensitivity to criticism and difference in opinion and the denigration of others that are deemed lesser.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

Examples

  • People with narcissistic personality disorder usually have very low self-esteem and base all their self-worth on how much attention they receive.

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب الشَخْصِيَّة النَرْجِسِيَّة — personality disorder
  • Bengali: আত্মরতিমূলক ব্যক্তিত্ব ব্যাধি (Attõrotimulok bæktitto bædhi) — personality disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自戀型人格障礙 /自恋型人格障碍 — personality disorder
  • Danish: narcissistisk personlighedsforstyrrelse — personality disorder
  • Danish: narcissistisk personlighedsstruktur — personality disorder
  • French: trouble de la personnalité narcissique — personality disorder
  • German: narzisstische Persönlichkeitsstörung — personality disorder
  • Indonesian: gangguan kepribadian narsisistik — personality disorder
  • Japanese: ナルシシズム性人格障害 (Narushishizumu-sei jinkaku shōgai) — personality disorder
  • Polish: osobowość narcystyczna — personality disorder
  • Russian: нарциссическое расстройство личности (narcissičeskoje rasstrojstvo ličnosti) — personality disorder
  • Spanish: trastorno narcisista de la personalidad — personality disorder
  • Turkish: narsisistik kişilik bozukluğu — personality disorder
  • Ukrainian: нарциси́чний ро́злад особи́стості (narcysýčnyj rózlad osobýstosti) — personality disorder
  • Vietnamese: rối loạn nhân cách ái kỉ — personality disorder
  • Vietnamese: vĩ cuồng — personality disorder