Word of the Day: Narcissist

narcissist

nar-cis-sist / när-sĭ-sĭst

noun

1. a person who is overly conceited and self-centered or who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance

Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever – stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave.

Jeffrey Kluger. 1954 –