Narcissism in sentence

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Rather, there is a certain reproductive narcissism at work.

Anyway, I was really delighted to receive the invitation to present to you some of my music and some of my work as a composer, presumably because it appeals to my well-known and abundant narcissism.

Okay? (Applause) So in that regard, this is one of the things, this is one of the privileges of being, and here's another role, the inventor, and by the way, when I told you that I'm the world's greatest, if you're keeping score, we've had narcissism and solipsism and now a healthy dose of egocentricism.

So it focuses on our obsessions, our narcissism, our foils and our foibles, really not someone else's.

You were also reading in the newspaper earlier this week that a study of these children who were born as designer babies indicates they may have some issues, like increased aggressiveness and narcissism.

And so, the markers of empathy in our college graduates have been dropping dramatically in the past two decades, while those of narcissism are on the rise.

The myth captures the basic idea of narcissism, elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement.

The psychological definition of narcissism is an inflated, grandiose self-image.

Psychologists recognize two forms of narcissism as a personality trait: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism.

Grandiose narcissism is the most familiar kind, characterized by extroversion, dominance, and attention seeking.

In either case, the dark side of narcissism shows up over the long term.

So what causes narcissism?

Parents who put their child on a pedestal can foster grandiose narcissism.

And cold, controlling parents can contribute to vulnerable narcissism.

In the United States, for example, narcissism as a personality trait has been rising since the 1970s, when the communal focus of the 60s gave way to the self-esteem movement and a rise in materialism.

More recently, social media has multiplied the possibilities for self-promotion, though it's worth noting that there's no clear evidence that social media causes narcissism.

So the ancient artist was protected from certain things, like, for example, too much narcissism, right?

I thought narcissism meant you loved yourself.

Loving just ourselves feels good, but it's narcissism.

The film inadvertedly showcases those which are the worst aspects of the French, or at least how they are stereotyped, narcissism, snobbery, and pseudo-intellectualism.

These two, thankfully, do not peck at each other's heads, and scenarist Harwood is careful not to fall into a love-hate pattern (which could possibly be perceived in the film's first act); but, without a juxtaposition of servant vs. celebrity, there's nothing much to behold in this portrait except for the deterioration of narcissism, the hint at what once was.

Talk about Hollyweird narcissism at it's utmost.

The Pitt and Zeta Jones chemistry is quite good however, perhaps if they had made the film more focused around them and dispensed with the narcissism it might have worked.

Also not uncommon are results that reflect lack of talent, a failure of introspection, an abundance of narcissism and, perhaps, an unsubtle quest for publicly-splashed revenge for countless past hurts, real and fantasized.

In all parts, the acting is superb, especially from Ken Ogata as Mishima, who captures the essential charm, arrogance and narcissism of the man.

But Potter's character is as unsympathetic as the object of her romantic obsession is unlikable, and the whole film is an embarrassing display of narcissism masquerading as a celebration of the tango.

Shades of the old wit occur rarely, such as when he, as Sid, the Great Splendini magician, responds about his background: "I was born into the Hebrew persuasion, but when I got older I converted to narcissism."

Surfing is the ultimate narcissism.

This time Woody leaves behind the arriviste murder mystery genre and returns to comedy, and is himself back on the screen as an amiable vaudevillian, a magician called Sid Waterman, stage moniker The Great Splendini, who counters some snobs' probing with, "I used to be of the Hebrew persuasion, but as I got older, I converted to narcissism."

You see her narcissism and it mirrors Frank Churchill's in that they would do harm to others to achieve their own aims.

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