Narcissism

I have referred to the developed forms of this kind of self-contemplation in the Study of Auto-erotism, and in this connection have alluded to the fable of Narcissus, whence Näcke has since devised the term Narcissism for this group of phenomena.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899

Narcissism is unfortunately one of the marks of success in modern Western culture.

Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010

Narcissism is a rope that wears really thin … quickly.

This Week’s White House Two-Minute Hate: insurance companies. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

Narcissism is the main difference with actual marriage.

Dominoes 2009

Narcissism is so rampant in the political arena, in the entertainment industry, in our lives ....

Sanford defends expensive travel, denies divorce 2009

Narcissism is unfortunately one of the marks of success in modern Western culture.

Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010

Narcissism is at its ugliest at this stage of an emotional breakdown.

Sanford, 'humbled and broken,' makes vow to state 2009

And you have to laugh at the well written Nick Carr piece on Twitter; Narcissism is just the user interface for nihilism, of course, and with artfully kitschy services like Twitter we're allowed to both indulge our self-absorption and distance ourselves from it by acknowledging, with a coy digital wink, its essential emptiness.

Steve Stifler is a Twittering Nihilist with a Widget Ben Barren 2007

Narcissism is especially acute among students born after 1982, the cohort most likely to use “self-focused” Web sites like MySpace and YouTube.

Primary Sources 2007

Narcissism is the more obviously problematic of the two words, and so my resistance to it is easier to explain: no matter how finely I slice it, no matter how neatly I reposition its connotations, ‘narcissism’ remains a synonym of vanity, of the worst kind of vanity.

Narcissus and Me | Her Bad Mother 2007