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[ nahr-suh-sist ]
/ ˈnɑr sə sɪst /
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noun
a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
Psychiatry. a person who has narcissistic personality disorder.
Psychoanalysis. a person who experiences or exhibits narcissism, deriving erotic gratification from admiration of their own physical or mental attributes.
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Also nar·cist [nahr-sist] /ˈnɑr sɪst/ .
Origin of narcissist
First recorded in 1915–20; narciss(ism) + -ist
Words nearby narcissist
Narbada, Narbonne, narc, narceine, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic, narcissistic personality, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissus, narco
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Words related to narcissist
boaster, braggart, egocentric, egoist, egomaniac
How to use narcissist in a sentence
It’s about Anna, the eldest child, only daughter and family narcissist.
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Narcissistic personality Definition & Meaning
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[ nahr-suh-sis-tik pur-suh-nal-i-tee ]
/ ˌnɑr səˈsɪs tɪk ˌpɜr səˈnæl ɪ ti /
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noun Psychiatry.
narcissistic personality disorder.
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Origin of narcissistic personality
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby narcissistic personality
narc, narceine, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic, narcissistic personality, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissus, narco, narcoanalysis, narcodiagnosis
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Numbing Narcissus | About the life of words
When answering the question, where did the name of the plant Narcissus come from, they usually recall the famous ancient Greek myth. The river god Cephis and the nymph Liriope had a son named Narcissus - a beautiful young man with a cold and proud disposition, a clever and courageous hunter. He considered only himself worthy of admiration and loved only himself. Many girls dreamed of seeing Narcissus as their beloved, even the nymphs yearned for the impregnable young man - but he rejected everyone.
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Narcissus' narcissism, his indifference and contempt for others angered the goddess of love, Aphrodite. She decided to punish the one who dared to oppose her power. The goddess fulfilled the curse of one of the nymphs: she wished Narcissus to love, but never wait for reciprocity. It is unlikely that the nymph guessed how unexpectedly this wish would come true...
Once, while hunting in the forest, Narcissus was tired and thirsty. He leaned towards the stream and saw his beautiful reflection in it. Here the punishment of Aphrodite overtook him: the young man was seized by an all-consuming love for the one whom he saw in the water. For the first time, he needed someone other than himself; the more grief he experienced, realizing that in front of him was only his own reflection. Narcissus could not get away from the stream: he sat there, as if speechless over a water mirror, forgetting about drinking, eating and sleeping.
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Echo and other nymphs mourned the unfortunate man and wanted to bury him, but they could not: the body of Narcissus had disappeared. In its place on the bank of the stream grew a beautiful plant with a white corolla and a magical aroma. This flower of death was named after a dead young man...
Here we will finish our excursion into ancient Greek mythology and turn to etymology.
In fact, the name of the flower Narcissus does not come from the name of a person or a Greek deity. As is usually the case, the myth was invented much later than the word it explains appeared in the language. Greek plant name Narcissos ( νά ρκισος ) dates back to the noun Narke ( νά ρκ ) in the meaning of ‘Humanness, numbness; dream'. As you might guess, the name of the fragrant spring flower is related in origin to the words anesthesia, drug, drug addiction .
But how was the flower associated with torpor? What is the motivation behind this name? nine0005
Possibly caused by the intoxicating aroma of the plant: some sensitive people can get a headache from the smell of narcissus. But it is even more likely that the flower is named "numb" because of its poisonous properties. Its bulbs contain alkaloids that are dangerous to humans and animals. These substances in large doses can cause a real stupor - paralysis and even death.
From the Greek language the word νά ρκισσος got into Latin: narcissus . From there it began to spread throughout Europe and beyond. For example, in German, the name of the flower, which came from Latin, received the form Nar
zisse ; in the 17th century, this word was borrowed from German by Russian. As often happens, the spelling of a new borrowing did not immediately settle down: in the sources of the 17th-18th centuries. there are options narcissus, narcissus and even narcissus .
Peter I, mentioning the character of the Greek myth in one of his letters, passes his name as Nartsits .
The modern spelling appears in the 18th century and is initially used along with the above variants. nine0005
Thanks to the Greek myth , narcissists are also called narcissists.
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Literature:
Etymological dictionary of the Russian language / Ed. A. F. Zhuravleva. - Issue. 11. - M., 2014.
Chernykh P. Ya. Historical and etymological dictionary of the modern Russian language. - T. 1. - M., 1999.
Kun N. A. Legends and myths of Ancient Greece. - M., 1954.
Spelling of dictionary words | SPODILO
DefinitionDictionary words are words whose spelling does not follow the rules of the Russian language. They can only be checked in a dictionary, and worked out only in practice, for example, using a dictionary dictation.
Vocabulary words can be divided into the following groups:
- words with an unchecked vowel: vinaigrette, coat, gradation;
- words with a double consonant: Saturday, appetite, kilogram;
- words with unpronounceable consonants: feeling, hello peer;
- words with b: courier, subject, conjunctivitis;
- words with prefixes pre- and pre-: privilege, preamble, prerogative;
- words that are written with a hyphen: uphill, alpha rays, exactly the same;
- words that are written separately: without restraint, at close range, not in a hurry;
- words that are spelled together: up, skipping, inside out.
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Here is a list of the most popular vocabulary words found in the school curriculum.
A : lampshade, abbreviation, paragraph, subscription, native, abstract, avant-garde, adventure, autograph, freeway, agency, lawyer, adequate, adjutant, excitement, iceberg, academy, watercolor, acclimatization, almanac, abstract, anomaly, antagonism, apartments, applause, appeal.
B : baggage, badminton, bazaar, ballad, ballon, barricade, velvet, swimming pool, battalion, careless, useless, rubbish, mezzanine, concrete, biography, boycott, diamond, bulletin. nine0005
B : all-in, vacancy, mitten, cheesecake, eloquent, veranda, vermicelli, vernissage, vestibule, veterinarian, vinaigrette, cello, in an embrace, tight-fitting, reins, in a hurry.
G : dimensions, wardrobe, garrison, genealogy, hygiene, hyperbole, horizon, gradation, gram, grapefruit, flu, group, gouache.
D : deserter, declaration, deficit, dictation, dilettante, directive, thesis, dissonance, praise, thoroughly, attraction.
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E : heretic.
W : jacket, jasmine, gelatin, jockey, juggler, ground beetle, jury.
З : married, familiar, comma, health, hello, zodiac.
AND : Ivan da Marya, ignore, idyll, idiom, hieroglyph, dependent, illusion, illumination, illustration, intelligent, injection, skillful, surreptitiously.
K : quotation marks, pun, kaleidoscope, calendar, calligraphy, calculator, closet, carnival, box office, catastrophe, insidious, conjure, column, colonnade, overalls, commentary, competent, compose, compromise, conference, burner, luminary. nine0005
L : labyrinth, landscape, linoleum.
M : magnolia, major, mayonnaise, waste paper, tangerine, manipulation, masquerade, massage, medallion, meridian, metal, metamorphosis, metaphor, philanthropist, million, motivate, mayor's office.
N : obsession, backwards, sobbing, by heart, obliquely, racing, daffodil, fiction, unbearable, neologism, insignificant, nostalgia.
O : oasis, obelisk, accusatory, object, take possession, ozone, occupation, greenhouse, original, spelling, spelling, orthoepy. nine0005
P : pavilion, front garden, panorama, fern, paragraph, paradox, parachute, passenger, landscape, periphery, minnow, pessimist, under the arm, foam rubber, preliminary, press, prestige, fastidious, privilege, primitive, priority, parable , propaganda.
R : refinery, rehabilitation, regulations, residence, remark, restore.
C : seminar, certificate, lilac, scholarship, strive, sovereignty.
T Key words: toastmaster, dancer, temperament, theory, stew, ink.
U : county, university, hurricane, tamp.
F : fireworks, courier, festival, philharmonic, philosopher, fountain.
X : robe, whip, biting.
C : cellophane, cellulose, value, centner, cyclone, gypsy, poof, chicken.
