narcissistic personality

collocation in English

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narcissistic
adjective
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/ˌnɑː.sɪˈsɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌnɑːr.səˈsɪs.tɪk/
having too much interest in and admiration ...
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personality
noun
uk
/ˌpɜː.sənˈæl.ə.ti/us
/ˌpɝː.sənˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the type of person you are, shown by the way you behave, feel, ...
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Recent research has identified a structural abnormality in the brains of those withnarcissisticpersonality disorder, specifically noting less volume of gray matter in the left anterior insula.
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In cases where thenarcissisticpersonality-disordered individual feels a lack of admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation, they may also manifest a desire to be feared and be notorious (narcissistic supply).
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Violence is also associated with many conditions such as acute intoxication, acute psychosis paranoid personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder,narcissisticpersonalitydisorder, and borderline personality disorder.
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Lastly, those withnarcissisticpersonalitydisorder have an inflated self-importance, hypersensitivity to criticism and a sense of entitlement that compels them to persuade others to comply with their requests.
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Fixation at a primitive stage of development or lack of development of specific intrapsychic structures is not adequate to explain the characteristics of narcissistic personalities.
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They may react with disdain, narcissistic rage, or defiantnarcissisticpersonalitydisorder.
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He was instead diagnosed as havingnarcissisticpersonalitydisorder.
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High openness is characteristic to schizotypal personality disorder (odd and fragmented thinking),narcissisticpersonalitydisorder (excessive self-valuation) and paranoid personality disorder (sensitivity to external hostility).
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Medication has proven ineffective for treatingnarcissisticpersonalitydisorder, but psychoanalytic psychotherapy has a higher success rate.
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This may present an extreme difficulty in giving or receiving empathy and can be related to the spectrum ofnarcissisticpersonalitydisorder.
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He suffers from manic depression, has a pronouncednarcissisticpersonalitydisorder co-morbid with severe anti-social psychopathic traits, and in some depictions, a multiple-personality disorder.
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And says that each of these individuals fit at least eight of the nine criteria fornarcissisticpersonalitydisorder.
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As a hypothetical syndrome, malignant narcissism could include aspects ofnarcissisticpersonalitydisorder as well as paranoia.
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Instead, they diagnosed antisocial personality disorder andnarcissisticpersonalitydisorder.
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Very analytical and constantly running calculations, but is also known to have a sarcastic andnarcissisticpersonality.
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The merging of the inflated self-concept and the actual self is seen in the inherent grandiosity ofnarcissisticpersonalitydisorder.
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His overactive imagination and hisnarcissisticpersonalityare his weak points.
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Two psychiatrists also appeared for the defence, stating he hadnarcissisticpersonalitydisorder.
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