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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

having an excessive interest or obsession with oneself and/or one's appearance;

e.g. Perhaps if he weren't so narcissistic, he would be more attentive to what others were feeling.

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Similar Words

Condescending

Egocentric

Egotistical

Inner-directed

Regimental

Self-absorbed

Self-centered

Self-directed

Self-flattering

Self-glorifying

Self-infatuated

Self-obsessed

Self-oriented

Self-preoccupied

Self-regarding

Self-seeking

Self-serving

Selfish

Solipsistic

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Opposite Words

Altruistic

Beneficent

Benevolent

Charitable

Demure

Diffident

Down-to-earth

Generous

Greathearted

Humanitarian

Humble

Lowly

Magnanimous

Meek

Modest

Other-directed

Philanthropic

Self-denying

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Self-doubting

Self-forgetful

Self-giving

Self-questioning

Self-reflective

Self-sacrificing

Unassertive

Unassuming

Unpretentious

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Related Words

Arrogant

Assumptive

Authoritarian

Authoritative

Autocratic

Bossy

Bumptious

Cavalier

Chesty

Complacent

Conceited

Despotic

Dictatorial

Domineering

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

Highfalutin

Huffy

Imperious

Important

Inner-directed

Lofty

Lordly

Masterful

Overbearing

Overweening

Peremptory

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Prideful

Proud

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-directed

Self-glorifying

Self-important

Self-satisfied

Smug

Sniffy

Stiff-necked

Supercilious

Superior

Toplofty

Tyrannical

Tyrannous

Uppity

Vain

Vainglorious

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