narcissistical
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to or involved in narcissism or narcissistic behaviour; narcissistic.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From narcissist + -ical.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more narcissistical (comparative)
most narcissistical (superlative)