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Narcissistic vs Presumptuous - What's the difference?

narcissistic | presumptuous |

As adjectives the difference between narcissistic and presumptuous

is that narcissistic is having an inflated idea of one's own importance while presumptuous is going beyond what is right, proper, or appropriate because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance.

As a noun narcissistic

is a narcissist.

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.

    presumptuous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Going beyond what is right, proper, or appropriate because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance.

    • Synonyms

    * (going beyond what is proper) overconfident, foolhardy, rash, presuming, forward, arrogant, insolent, conceited

    Related terms

    * presumption