# narcissist

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,391

## Definitions
1. One who shows extreme love and admiration for themself.
2. An egoist; a person full of egoism and pride.

## Etymology
From Narcissus (“a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection”) + -ist.

## Easily confused with
- **narcissus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/narcissist-vs-narcissus)
- **narcissistic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/narcissist-vs-narcissistic)
- **narcissism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/narcissism-vs-narcissist)

## Common misspellings (14)
`anrcissist`, `nacrissist`, `narccissist`, `narcisisst`, `narcisist`, `narcississt`, `narcissistt`, `narcissits`, `narcisssit`, `narcsisist`, `naricssist`, `narrcissist`, `nnarcissist`, `nracissist`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/narcissist