narcissistic personality disorder

See also: narcissistic-personality disorder

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narcissistic personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural narcissistic personality disorders)

  1. (psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by an overinflated sense of self-importance (incl. subordination of other people's needs), sensitivity to criticism and difference in opinion and the denigration of others that are deemed lesser.
    Alternative form: NPD (abbreviation)
    People with narcissistic personality disorder usually have very low self-esteem and base all their self-worth on how much attention they receive.

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