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[[Image:Narcissus (da Vinci).jpg|thumb|right|340px|alt=Photo of a painting of a young man looking into a pool of water.|[[Narcissus]] saw his reflection in a pool of water, fell in [[love]], and pined away for all time; unable to [[consummate]] his love, he [[metamorphosis|turned]] into a flower named ''Narcissus''.]] | |||
'''Narcissism''' is a [[personality]] flaw denoting excessive [[vain|vanity]], [[egotism]], and self-love. The word's [[etymology]] derives from [[Greek mythology]] in which a [[physical attraction|handsome]] [[male]] [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[youth]] with the [[name]] [[Narcissus]] rejected the [[seduction|seductive]] advances of the [[beauty|beautiful]] [[nymph]] [[Echo (mythology)|Echo]]. Perhaps as a form of [[punishment]], he was [[fate]]d to fall in [[romantic love|love]] with his own [[reflection]] in a pool of [[water]]. He pined away [[eternity|forever]] and eventually turned into a [[flower]] with the same name. The [[psychology|psychologist]] [[Sigmund Freud]] speculated that all humans have some degree of narcissism in us, but that it is a trait of [[adult]]s to have a kind of balance to keep it from getting excessive. | '''Narcissism''' is a [[personality]] flaw denoting excessive [[vain|vanity]], [[egotism]], and self-love. The word's [[etymology]] derives from [[Greek mythology]] in which a [[physical attraction|handsome]] [[male]] [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[youth]] with the [[name]] [[Narcissus]] rejected the [[seduction|seductive]] advances of the [[beauty|beautiful]] [[nymph]] [[Echo (mythology)|Echo]]. Perhaps as a form of [[punishment]], he was [[fate]]d to fall in [[romantic love|love]] with his own [[reflection]] in a pool of [[water]]. He pined away [[eternity|forever]] and eventually turned into a [[flower]] with the same name. The [[psychology|psychologist]] [[Sigmund Freud]] speculated that all humans have some degree of narcissism in us, but that it is a trait of [[adult]]s to have a kind of balance to keep it from getting excessive. | ||
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Narcissus saw his reflection in a pool of water, fell in love, and pined away for all time; unable to consummate his love, he turned into a flower named Narcissus.
Narcissism is a personality flaw denoting excessive vanity, egotism, and self-love. The word's etymology derives from Greek mythology in which a handsome male Greek youth with the name Narcissus rejected the seductive advances of the beautiful nymph Echo. Perhaps as a form of punishment, he was fated to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. He pined away forever and eventually turned into a flower with the same name. The psychologist Sigmund Freud speculated that all humans have some degree of narcissism in us, but that it is a trait of adults to have a kind of balance to keep it from getting excessive.