How to Use narcissism in a Sentence

narcissism

noun
  • Nothing in this era of award-show narcissism can match its shock.
    — Armond White, National Review, 19 Aug. 2022
  • His narcissism, which tells him there will be no world after he is gone, does the same.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But the older parents are too lost in their narcissism to help their kids.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Studies seem to show narcissism is on the rise in younger people.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Research rooted in brand narcissism sounds like a needy date.
    — Rebecca Brooks, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • That’s the root of narcissism, not self-love but fake perfection.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Ryan Broussard) sticks, and doesn’t drown in his own narcissism.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2022
  • Throw in a good measure of nihilism, greed, and narcissism.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
  • So a normal – there are two stages in life where narcissism is expected.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Favoritism goes a long way in a workplace so fueled by narcissism.
    — Reana Johnson, refinery29.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The narcissism is built into the very structure of the question.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • He was always meant to be a cautionary tale and to show the dangers of narcissism.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Brand narcissism was always a signal that something was off.
    — Rebecca Brooks, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • And a lot of them have the same thing, which is just like, there is a sort of narcissism a little bit, selfishness.
    — H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Frankfurter was ambitious to a fault with strains of narcissism.
    — John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Piff brings subjects into his lab and asks them to fill out a narcissism questionnaire.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2021
  • This kind of narcissism sounds a lot like self-esteem, the belief in our own abilities.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The first seeds of narcissism are sewn in infancy, Raymond says.
    — Jillian Kramer, SELF, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Goldsberry makes narcissism fun as the biggest diva of the four.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022
  • Just as important is the narcissism.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • It was meant for a stroke, not stupidity; for Alzheimer’s, not narcissism.
    — Charles Krauthammer, Twin Cities, 21 May 2017
  • It was meant for a stroke, not stupidity; for Alzheimer’s, not narcissism.
    — Charles Krauthammer, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
  • It was meant for a stroke, not stupidity; for Alzheimer’s, not narcissism.
    — Charles Krauthammer, The Mercury News, 18 May 2017
  • He’s always been driven by narcissism.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2026
  • To her, the behavior screams narcissism.
    — Ashley Vega, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The concept of self-love challenges many leaders, who suggest that self-love is just narcissism in disguise.
    — Gregory Stebbins, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • That escape also reveals the profound depths of his narcissism.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026

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