An excessive preoccupation with oneself. In mythology, Narcissus was a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water.
Freud's term for one of the normal behavior patterns of early childÂhood, characterized by excessive self-admiration and a sense of omnipotence. The name comes from a Greek myth wherein Narcissus falls in love with his own reflection in a pond.
Self-love; in Freud?s psychoanalytic theory, the normal expression of pregenital development.
Narcissism describes the character trait of self love.