What does “narcissism” mean?

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    Narcissism according to Wikipedia

    Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one’s idealised self image and attributes. The term originated from Greek mythology, where the young Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water.

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      I recall he killed himself. Just saying

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        Did he love himself too much that he jumped in water to be with his own reflection? 😨

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          He was so in love with his own reflection that he stayed frozen, staring at it, until he died.

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          Several variations. Basically comes down to he couldn’t have his own reflection and died of heartache (more modern take is depression, actual method of suicide is not written in books, so up to your imagination)

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    Someone who is in love (not romantically) with themselves, and has some sort of delusions of grandeur of himself/herself

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    @katakwasabi @transient
    I’m somewhat embarrassed. I was making a joke at my own expense about the ‘ratio’ conversation on greenfields’ fan wall. The comment was rhetorical and designed to imply I was displaying characteristics of the aforementioned Narcissus.

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