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

She was an unabashed booster of the glossy L.A. that became synonymous with a rising creative elite whose élan and narcissism she found irresistible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

None of these people is real, but the irritations they represent – NIMBYism, narcissism and the compulsion to destroy others to build ourselves up – are quite familiar.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

The art that he created there embodies a kind of deconstructed narcissism; Samaras is fascinated with himself, but mostly as—to paraphrase the photographer Garry Winogrand’s choice of subjects—“something to be photographed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Professional narcissism is by no means confined to academia.

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