Narcissistic

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒnɑː.sɪˈsɪs.tɪk/
• US IPA: /ËŒnɑɹ.sɨˈsɪs.tɪk/

Full definition of narcissistic

Adjective

1. Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
2. Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.

Related terms

• narcissism
• narcissistic personality disorder

Antonyms

• nonnarcissistic

Noun

1. A narcissist.
• 1996, Susan B. Gall, Bernard Beins, Alan Feldman, The Gale encyclopedia of psychology (page 247)Because narcissistics cannot handle failure, they will take great lengths to avoid risks and situations in which defeat is a possibility.