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

But the reported investigation into Carroll is about more than the president’s bottomless narcissism.

From Salon ● May 29, 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

Sometimes they are victims of professional narcissism and write as if the reader were interested in every blind alley, fool’s errand, and wild-goose chase they engaged in while exploring the topic.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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