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Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 24, 2008 narcissism \NAHR-suh-siz-em\, noun: excessive love or admiration for oneself; in psychoanalysis, gratification manifested in admiration and love of oneself Dr. Marion Solomon, a Los Angeles psychologist and author of "Narcissism and Intimacy," said that true narcissists are startled when their spouses say they are miserable in the relationship. -- Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 7/20/2008 They found that the number of "Friends" on a person's Facebook and the number of "wallposts" they have there correlated with their narcissism. That figures, Buffardi suggests, as narcissists tend to have lots of shallow relationships rather than a few solid ones. -- Jennifer Huget, The Washington Post, 9/26/2008 by 1822, from Greek Narkissos, beautiful youth in mythology (Ovid, "Metamorphosis," iii.370) who fell in love with his own reflection in a spring and was turned to the flower narcissus. Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for narcissism Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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