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narcissist

[nahr-suh-sist] / ˈnɑr sə sɪst /


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So everything he is doing now is about legacy, and with a malignant narcissist who knows that he may not be long for this earth, the danger that comes with those realizations is acute.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2026

I don’t know whether or not he is a narcissist, but from your retelling, he is someone who has always looked out for himself.

From MarketWatch Feb. 25, 2026

Don’t call them a narcissist or a gaslighter.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

"He was a bully. He was a narcissist and his temper would go from one to 100 in a matter of seconds," she said.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2025

Maybe I was a narcissist or something, but when I realized it there in that moment at Oranjee, it made me like him even more.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

Unprofessional and disturbing as the claim may be, it also provides a hilarious example of how narcissists defeat themselves.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2026

Stop paying attention to narcissists and start living life on your terms.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2026

“And we always talked about it as these two narcissists who essentially learn by the end of the season to care about one other person — each other.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2026

And there is the wholesale trashing of the editorial staffers of the real-life Condé Nast, here a gaggle of privileged narcissists who are accidentally infected, quarantined and treated like human garbage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

But not all opportunistic and ruthless operators are narcissists.

From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Samuel Vaknin




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