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Neediness vs Narcissism - What's the difference?

neediness | narcissism |

As nouns the difference between neediness and narcissism

is that neediness is the characteristic of being needy while narcissism is excessive love of oneself.

neediness

English

Noun

(es)
  • The characteristic of being needy.
  • * 1982 , Julie A. Matthaei, An Economic History of Women in America: Women's Work, the Sexual Division of Labor, and the Development of Capitalism , page 247
    • The kind of family neediness experienced by homemakers differed between classes.

    narcissism

    English

    (narcissism)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Excessive love of oneself.
  • Sexual desire for one's own body.

    • Derived terms

    * narcissist * narcissistic *narcissize

    See also

    * egoism * egocentrism * self-love English eponyms English words suffixed with -ism