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Egotistic vs Narcissistic - What's the difference?

egotistic | narcissistic |

As adjectives the difference between egotistic and narcissistic

is that egotistic is egotistical while narcissistic is having an inflated idea of one's own importance.

As a noun narcissistic is

a narcissist.

egotistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Egotistical.
  • Egoistic.

    • Derived terms

    * egotistical

    Related terms

    * egotist * egotism

    narcissistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
  • Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.

    • Related terms

    * narcissism * narcissistic personality disorder

    Antonyms

    *nonnarcissistic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narcissist.
  • * 1996 , Susan B. Gall, Bernard Beins, Alan Feldman, The Gale encyclopedia of psychology (page 247)
    • Because narcissistics cannot handle failure, they will take great lengths to avoid risks and situations in which defeat is a possibility.