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/

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Noun

narcissism (usually uncountable, plural narcissisms)

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

Hyponyms

• NPD

Holonyms

• dark triad

Derived terms

• narcissist
• narcissistic
• narcissize

Translations

excessive love of oneself

• Arabic: النَّرْجِسِيَّة f (an-narjisiyya)
• Armenian: նարցիսիզմ (hy) (narcʻisizm)
• 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(自己愛) (ko) (jagiae)
• Macedonian: самољубивост f (samoljubivost)
• Manx: hene-graih m
• Maori: mate whakatāupe, mate whakaataata
• 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)
• Welsh: hunanaddoliad m, narsisiaeth f

sexual deviation

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

See also

• egoism
• egocentrism
• self-love
• self-flattery
• autosexuality

Further reading

• narcissism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Swedish

Noun

narcissism c

1. narcissism

Declension

Declension of narcissism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	narcissism	narcissismen	—	—
Genitive	narcissisms	narcissismens	—	—

Related terms

• narcissist (“narcissist”)
• narcissistisk (“narcissistic”)

References

• narcissism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• narcissism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• narcissism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)