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2007-02-03 10:41:56 · 5 answers · asked by Julie 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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The word is "Narcissism" and means being in love with yourself. Paris Hilton is an excellent example.

It comes from a Greek Myth about Narcissus, who was supposed to go do something (I forget) but was so entranced by his reflection in a lake, he didn't do it and there were catastrophic consequences.

2007-02-03 10:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by crazy4JRTs 3 · 4 0

An excessive preoccupation with one’s own personal importance, or with achieving one’s own chosen goals rather than bonding with others, or with associating only with others whom one chooses. Sometimes psychologists associate narcissism with psychopathology and lack of conscience, but this need not be the case. But there may be lack of emotional empathy or bonding with others. See also “upward affiliation. Visit my essay “Narcissism, Affiliation and Polarity.”

The ability to be stimulated by one's own body. Most people have this ability as a normal property. Many psychologist will only use the word narcissism when the interest in one`s own body is of such a kind that it makes the person handicapped in his sexual or social relations to other persons.



self-love: an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself




Narcissism is the pattern of characteristics and behaviors which involve infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition. In everyday use outside the field of psychology, the word generally refers to people who just are inordinately fond of themselves, without the pathological connotations.

2007-02-03 10:54:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Narcissism describes the character trait of self love.

The word is derived from a Greek myth. Narcissus was a handsome Greek youth who rejected the desperate advances of the nymph Echo. As punishment, he was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Unable to consummate his love, Narcissus pined away and changed into the flower that bears his name, the narcissus.

2007-02-03 10:47:48 · answer #3 · answered by cmhurley64 6 · 3 0

selfishness

2007-02-03 11:51:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anry 7 · 0 0

i think you mean narcissism!!

2007-02-03 10:46:18 · answer #5 · answered by hottie_92 2 · 0 1

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