narcissism

In one 2022 study, researchers explored whether increasing agreeableness would decrease levels of what is called the dark triad — or Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

This is history as an authoritarian exercise in narcissism.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2026

This produced an effect of narcissism leavened by good-heartedness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

"It's a confused mix of ambition and narcissism, unleavened by any effort at intellectual coherence," said Bruce Jones, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

I had it in my mind that she’d grown up spending four hours a day in front of the mirror, narcissism to the point of solipsism.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Shteyngart skewers the petty narcissisms of cultural elites with trademark hilarity.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021

Perhaps this is the point; perhaps Anshaw means to shake us awake from our little narcissisms, our devout solipsisms, our daily applications of principled maquillage.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2019

I wanted to demolish my vanity, my puny little narcissisms, and direct my mind toward work that mattered.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2012