narcissist

[ nahr-suh-sist ]

noun

1. a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
2. Psychiatry. a person who has narcissistic personality disorder ( def ).
3. Psychoanalysis. a person who experiences or exhibits narcissism, deriving erotic gratification from admiration of their own physical or mental attributes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of narcissist¹

First recorded in 1915–20; narciss(ism) + -ist