A person who is excessively in love with themselves, craves attention and admiration, and lacks empathy for others.
From Narcissus, a figure in Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection. The psychological term emerged in the early 1900s.
Narcissism exists on a spectrum—psychologists distinguish between healthy self-esteem and narcissistic personality disorder, and social media platforms are essentially narcissist-amplification machines.
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