单词 | narcissism |
释义 | narcissismn. 1. Excessive self-love or vanity; self-admiration, self-centredness.In later use an extended application of sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] idleshipa1250 vanitya1340 self-love1539 self-liking1549 conceit1563 vainness1567 self-pridea1586 self-delight1591 self-admiration1609 self-respect1609 self-lovingnessa1628 self-idolatry1643 self-idolizing1643 selfism1731 coxcombry1745 coxcombliness1765 coxcombicality1766 coxcombery1774 narcissism1822 narcism1938 1822 S. T. Coleridge Let. 15 Jan. (1971) V. 196 Of course, I am glad to be able to correct my fears as far as public Balls, Concerts, and Time-murder in Narcissism. 1937 Pacific Affairs 10 100 The hurrah-boys tone characteristic of many recent Japanese writings, a form of narcissism reminiscent of American prophets of the late New Era. 1982 B. Trapido Brother of More Famous Jack xiii. 53 I am morbidly fascinated by his preening beauty, which borders upon the physically repulsive in its narcissism. 2000 C. Brunsdon Feminist, Housewife & Soap Opera iii. ii. 199 This is the narcissism and parasitism of the media themselves, the internal interest in ‘a media story’. 2. Psychology. The condition of gaining emotional or erotic gratification from self-contemplation, sometimes regarded as a stage in the normal psychological development of children which may be reverted to in adulthood during mental illness. ΚΠ 1905 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex IV. iii. 187 I have referred to the developed forms of this kind of self-contemplation..and in this connection have alluded to the fable of Narcissus, whence Näcke has since devised the term Narcissism for this group of phenomena. 1915 T. S. Eliot Let. 2 Feb. (1988) I. 86 I understand that Priapism, Narcissism etc. are not approved of. 1922 J. Riviere tr. S. Freud Introd. Lect. Psycho-anal. xxiv. 347 It is probable that this narcissism is the universal original condition, out of which object-love develops later without thereby necessarily effecting a disappearance of the narcissism. 1969 P. Loewenberg in B. B. Wolman Psychoanal. Interpretation of Hist. vi. 182 He regressed to the stage of narcissism in which his only sexual object was his own ego and its fantasies. 1996 Representations Winter 49 These egos..were now defined according to Freud's new theory of narcissism as themselves sexually or libidinally charged. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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