narcissist

Noun

Singular narcissist

Plural narcissists

Seesaw narcissism model

1. (psychology) (countable) A narcissist is a person who shows extreme admiration and obsession over their social validation; a mimophant.
   • Synonym: megalomaniac

Usage note

Psychologists usually consider a narcissist to be on one side or far side of a continuum, viewing narcissism as a spectrum, wherein NPD (narcissistic personality disorder) is at the far end, but also recognizing healthier forms of narcissism nearer the middle of the spectrum. On the other end, often characterized by lots of empathy, many words are used by psychologists, including self-love deficient empath, codependent, echoist, or pertaining its manifestations such as self-deprecation, hedonophobe, cherophobe, or narcissizee, or primary narcissistic supply.