ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Narcissistical

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Narcissistical is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to or involved in narcissism or narcissistic behaviour; narcissistic.

Meaning

Of, pertaining to or involved in narcissism or narcissistic behaviour; narcissistic.

Example Sentences

Most prominent during the phallic phase is the fear of bodily injury or castration. There is great anxiety over the potential loss of a narcissistical and highly invested part of the body.
Sleeping at the Dobbins's, she dreams or 'remembers' herself dancing barefooted at a charity ball for the poor and the persecuted in the Adolf Hitler Hotel, Washington, scattering her jewels on the floor with narcissistical altruism.
For, while the boy clings to his pre-Oedipal identification with (to his narcissistical love for) the father - the penis - the girl's identificatory love for her mother turns into hate when she makes the momentous discovery that will also dominate the life of the boy: the absence of the penis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include narcological, narcotic, narcotinic, narcocultural, narcopolitical, narcohypnotic.

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