ナルシシズム

also: ナルシズム

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Meanings

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noun

A loanword from English, used in psychology and everyday language to describe excessive self-admiration or self-centeredness.

ナルシシズムUsage93%
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'narcissism'.
ナルシズムUsage7%
Alternate katakana spelling, also common.

自じ己こ愛あい
The native Japanese term for 'self-love' or 'narcissism', often used in psychological contexts (e.g., 自己愛性パーソナリティ障害). ナルシシズム is the direct loanword and feels more colloquial or trendy.
ナルシスト
Refers to a narcissistic person (a narcissist), while ナルシシズム is the abstract concept or trait.

Borrowed from English 'narcissism', ultimately from the Greek myth of Narcissus.