noun
- a person who has an excessive need for admiration and lacks empathy for others; someone with narcissistic personality traits
Usage: often used in psychology and everyday speech to describe self-centered behavior; related to narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder
Examples
- He is such a narcist that he only talks about his own accomplishments.
- The narcist in the office constantly seeks praise and attention from colleagues.
- She recognized the narcist's pattern of manipulating people for personal gain.
- A true narcist struggles to understand or care about other people's feelings.
- The therapist explained that a narcist often has difficulty maintaining healthy relationships.
- His narcist tendencies became more apparent as he refused to accept any criticism.