How to Use narcissism in a Sentence

narcissism

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  • In addition to Trump’s narcissism, Russia looms over the book.
    — Jeremi Suri, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Call it empowerment, narcissism, or self-righteousness, but these days everyone has a bullhorn.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Fabienne — a role Deneuve stirs brilliantly with ice, tonic and aromatics — isn’t unaware of the effects of her narcissism.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2020
  • Study participants judged eyebrow distinctiveness—the eyebrows’ thickness and density—to be the most telling sign of narcissism.
    — Rasha Aridi, Science | AAAS, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Indeed, the humane movement reflects an ethic and spirit that might be exactly what are missing most in our woke progressives, or that at least might help to shake them of their narcissism and self-pity.
    — Matthew Scully, National Review, 4 Oct. 2020
  • On Wednesday, as the pressure on him to reverse course on masks increased, Trump claimed to have nothing against them; even that concession was presented in terms of his own narcissism.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 1 July 2020
  • That might serve as a broader reminder to Americans about our curious national narcissism, which can dull not only empathy but self-preservation.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Scheidel gives short shrift to the Eurocentric narcissism that regards the fall of Rome as the only memorable disaster in world history.
    — Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The project is actually for the betterment of humanity, togetherness rather than narcissism.
    — Frank Miles, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The streak of narcissism in Dr. Stockmann limits the reach of his brilliance.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • But the older parents are too lost in their narcissism to help their kids.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Nothing in this era of award-show narcissism can match its shock.
    — Armond White, National Review, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Ryan Broussard) sticks, and doesn’t drown in his own narcissism.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2022
  • Then again, maybe narcissism and living for half a millennia simply amount to the same thing, and that’s the point of the flashback.
    — Devon Maloney, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2021
  • But the sly pleasure of Sick of Myself is that Signe’s narcissism differs from the rest of ours more in degree than kind.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2022
  • One of the worst types of peers to have the displeasure of working with are those who exhibit signs of narcissism.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Now that he is gone, the stubborn style, the acid wit, even the spells of narcissism, appear to have been a coping mechanism.
    — Martin Amis, Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
  • Even old allies on the right could no longer ignore the spectacle of his narcissism and self-dealing.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
  • This catholic priest is a social fighter, but there is a certain degree of narcissism in his goal.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The vibe is one of camp send-up of Hollywood narcissism, but irony and egotism are blended like a fine Bordeaux.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Research rooted in brand narcissism sounds like a needy date.
    — Rebecca Brooks, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Favoritism goes a long way in a workplace so fueled by narcissism.
    — Reana Johnson, refinery29.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Goldsberry makes narcissism fun as the biggest diva of the four.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022
  • So a normal – there are two stages in life where narcissism is expected.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Frankfurter was ambitious to a fault with strains of narcissism.
    — John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The show is light on plot and more a mishmash of warring desires and character studies in narcissism.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Piff brings subjects into his lab and asks them to fill out a narcissism questionnaire.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2021
  • Sister Aloysius charges that the young woman is far too invested—to the point of a subtle narcissism—in how much her students like her.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Larsa’s narcissism, on the other hand, is something different.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The second type of mistake caused by strategic narcissism is to overestimate the United States’ own commitment to a particular policy priority, only to find that Washington is unprepared to inflict consequences when a partner refuses a request.
    — Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2022

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