narcissism

English

Etymology

From original German Narzissismus, soon changed to Narzissmus due to haplology, from Narcissus, a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection, +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːsəˌsɪzm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɹsəˌsɪzm/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

narcissism (usually uncountable, plural narcissisms)

Excessive love of oneself.
Sexual desire for one's own body.

Hyponyms

NPD

Derived terms

Translations

excessive love of oneself

Armenian: նարցիսիզմ (hy) (narcʿisizm)
Belarusian: нарцысі́зм m (narcysízm)
Bulgarian: нарциси́зъм (bg) m (narcisízǎm)
Catalan: narcisisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自戀／自恋 (zh) (zìliàn)
Czech: narcismus (cs) m, narcisismus m
Dutch: narcisme (nl) n
Esperanto: memamo
Estonian: nartsissism
Finnish: narsismi (fi)
French: narcissisme (fr) m
Georgian: ნარცისიზმი (narcisizmi)
German: Narzissmus (de) m
Greek: ναρκισσισμός (el) m (narkissismós), αυτοθαυμασμός (el) m (aftothavmasmós), ωραιοπάθεια (el) f (oraiopátheia)
Indonesian: narsisisme
Irish: naircisíocht f
Italian: narcisismo (it) m
Japanese: ナルシシズム (ja) (narushishizumu), ナルシシスム (narushishisumu), 自己愛 (じこあい, jikoai)
Korean: 나르시시즘 (nareusisijeum), 자기애 (ko) (jagiae)
Macedonian: самољубивост f (samoljubivost)
Manx: hene-graih m
Maori: mate whakatāupe
Persian: خودشیفتگی‎ (xodšiftegi)
Polish: narcyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: narcisismo (pt) m
Romanian: narcisism (ro) n
Russian: нарцисси́зм (ru) m (narcissízm), самовлюблённость (ru) f (samovljubljónnostʹ), самолюбова́ние (ru) n (samoljubovánije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: samodopadljivost, samoljublje (sh), narcizam (sh) m, narcisizam m
Slovak: narcizmus m
Slovene: narcizem m
Spanish: narcisismo (es) m
Swedish: narcissism (sv) c
Turkish: narsisizm (tr)
Ukrainian: нарциси́зм m (narcysýzm)

sexual deviation

Russian: нарцисси́зм (ru) m (narcissízm), аутоэроти́зм (ru) m (autoerotízm), аутофили́я (ru) f (autofilíja), аутоэра́стия (ru) f (autoerástija), аутосексуа́льность (ru) f (autoseksuálʹnostʹ)