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jealousy
Jealousy generally refers to the thoughts or feelings of insecurity, fear, and concern over a relative lack of possessions or safety.

shame
thumb|right|Eve covers herself and lowers her head in shame in Rodin's Eve after the Fall.

selfie
thumb|Selfie by a radio host
A selfie () is a self-portrait photograph or a short video, typically taken with an electronic camera or smartphone.
The camera would be usually held at arm's length or supported by a selfie stick instead of being controlled with a self-timer or remote. The concept of shooting oneself while viewing their own image in the camera's LCD monitor is also known as self-recording.

narcissism
thumb|250px|Narcissus (Caravaggio)|Narcissus (1597–99) by [[Caravaggio; the man in love with his own reflection]]
Narcissus
hunter in Greek mythology
self-esteem
Self-esteem is confidence in one's own worth, abilities, or morals. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs about oneself (for example, "I am loved", "I am worthy") as well as emotional states, such as triumph, despair, pride, and shame. Smith and Mackie define it by saying "The self-concept is what we think about the self; self-esteem, is the positive or negative evaluations of the self, as in how we feel about it (see self)."
inferiority complex
an intense feeling of inferiority

vanity
thumb|Vanitas (Latin for vanity) by Léon Bazille Perrault, 1886

hubris
thumb|Illustration for John Milton's [[Paradise Lost by Gustave Doré (1866). The spiritual descent of Lucifer into Satan is one of the most famous examples of hubris.]]
narcissistic personality disorder
personality disorder that involves an excessive preoccupation with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity

egocentrism
alt=An orange stick figure in the center of orange concentric circles, with six black stick figures scattered on the rim|thumb|A diagram of egocentrism
Egocentrism refers to difficulty differentiating between self and other. More specifically, it is difficulty in accurately perceiving and understanding perspectives other than one's own.
Egocentrism is found across the life span: in infancy, early childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Although egocentric behaviors are less prominent in adulthood, the existence of some forms of egocentrism in adulthood indicates that overcoming egocentrism may
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snob
thumb|Caricature of American lawyer and socialite Ward McAllister (1855–1908) pointing [[Uncle Sam to "an English Snob of the 19th Century" and saying how he must imitate him or "you will nevah be a gentleman". Uncle Sam is shown laughing heartily.]]
victim blaming
social phenomenon that responsabilizes the victim of the damage suffered
psychological projection
a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities

confidence
Confidence is the feeling of belief or trust that a person or thing is reliable. Self-confidence is trust in oneself. Self-confidence involves a positive belief that one can generally accomplish what one wishes to do in the future. Self-confidence is not the same as self-esteem, which is an evaluation of one's worth. Self-confidence is related to self-efficacy—belief in one's ability to accomplish a specific task or goal. Confidence can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, as those without it may fail because they lack it, and those with it may succeed because they have it rather than because of an
codependency
In psychology, codependency is a theory that attempts to explain imbalanced relationships where one person enables another person's self-destructive behavior, such as addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achievement.

dandy
thumb|Parisian costumes: The dandies of Paris in 1831.
conspicuous consumption
concept in sociology and economy
superiority complex
the psychological state of being superior, where one looks down on those deemed inferiors
messiah complex
state of mind in which an individual holds a belief that they are, or are destined to become, a savior
egotism
Egotism is defined as the drive to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself and generally features an inflated opinion of one's personal features and importance distinguished by a person's amplified vision of one's self and self-importance. It often includes intellectual, physical, social, and other overestimations. The egotist has an overwhelming sense of the centrality of the "me" regarding their personal qualities.
self-love
Self-love, defined as "love of self" or "regard for one's own happiness or advantage", has been conceptualized both as a basic human necessity and as a moral flaw, akin to vanity and selfishness, synonymous with amour-propre, conceitedness, egotism, narcissism, et al. However, throughout the 20th and 21st centuries self-love has adopted a more positive connotation through pride parades, Self-Respect Movement, self-love protests, the hippie era, the modern feminist movement (3rd & 4th wave), as well as the increase in mental health awareness that promotes self-love as intrinsic to self-help and
selfishness
Selfishness is being concerned excessively or exclusively for oneself or one's own advantage, pleasure, or welfare, regardless of others.
Selfishness is the opposite of altruism or selflessness, and has also been contrasted (as by C. S. Lewis) with self-centeredness.
identification
psychological process whereby the subject assimilates an aspect, property, or attribute of the other and is transformed, wholly or partially, by the model the other provides
self-serving bias
any cognitive or perceptual process that is distorted by the need to maintain and enhance self-esteem, or to perceive oneself in an overly favorable manner
God complex
unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility

temper tantrum
thumb|Child having a tantrum
thumb|"Christina Rossetti in a Tantrum" by her brother, [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]]
A tantrum, conniption, angry outburst, temper tantrum, lash out, meltdown, fit of anger, or hissy fit is an emotional outburst, usually associated with those in emotional distress. It is typically characterized by stubbornness, crying, screaming, violence, defiance, angry ranting, a resistance to attempts at pacification, and in some cases, hitting or bullying and other physically violent behavior. Physical control may be lost; the person may be unable to remain still; and even if th
cognitive distortion
exaggerated or irrational thought pattern involved in the onset and perpetuation of psychopathological states
character assassination
deliberate and sustained process that destroys the credibility and reputation of a person, institution, organization, social group, or nation
micromanagement
Micromanagement is a management style characterized by behaviors such as an excessive focus on observing and controlling subordinates and an obsession with details.
status symbol
an object that denotes one's social position
supremacism
Supremacism is the belief that a certain group of people is superior to, and should have authority over, all others. The presumed superior group can be defined by various characteristics, including age, sex, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, language, social class, ideology, nationality, culture, generation, or any other human attribute.
morbid jealousy
Psychological disorder
true self and false self
psychological concepts
splitting
failure in thought to bring together both positive qualities and negative aspects of people into a cohesive whole
Psychological egoism
The view that true altruism in humans is impossible
parentification
Parentification or parent–child role reversal is the process of role reversal whereby a child or adolescent is obliged to support the family system in ways that are developmentally inappropriate and overly burdensome. For example, it is developmentally appropriate for even a very young child to help adults prepare a meal for the family to eat, but it is not developmentally appropriate for a young child to be required to provide and prepare food for the whole family alone. However, if the task is developmentally appropriate, such as a young child fetching an item for a parent or a teenager prep
Narcissistic parents
Parent with narcissism
self-righteousness
Self-righteousness (also called sanctimony, sententiousness, and holier-than-thou attitudes) is an attitude and belief of moral superiority derived from a person deeming their own beliefs, actions, or affiliations to be of greater virtue than those of the average person. Self-righteous individuals are intolerant of the opinions and behaviors of others that they deem to be less moral and virtuous. A self-righteous person will often exhort or rebuke certain behaviors and actions from others.
reality distortion field
use of charisma to affect the perceptions of others
collective narcissism
Narcissism of the group
narcissistic injury
shame that devastates an individual's self worth
narcissistic supply
psychoanalytic concept
malignant narcissism
A hypothetical disorder bridging narcissim and the psychoanalytic "psychopath"
narcissistic defences
processes whereby the idealized aspects of the self are preserved, and its limitations denied
idealization and devaluation
term
entitlement
The concept of something being owed to or deserved of by someone, or the impression thereof.
narcissism of small differences
social phenomenon
ego ideal
Freudian concept
narcissistic leadership
Leadership style
Princess sickness
term for narcissism and materialism in women
healthy narcissism
positive sense of self
Don Juanism
non-clinical term for male desire to have many different female sexual partners
egomania
Egomania is a psychiatric term used to describe excessive preoccupation with one's ego, identity or self and applies the same preoccupation to anyone who follows one's own ungoverned impulses, is possessed by delusions of personal greatness & grandeur and feels a lack of appreciation. Someone suffering from this extreme egocentric focus is an egomaniac. Egomania as a condition, while not a classified personality disorder, is considered psychologically abnormal.
Narcissism in the workplace
problem producing an impact on an organization
narcissistic withdrawal
stage in narcissism
spornosexual
Spornosexual is a blend of sports and the clipping porno, compounded with sexual. The term was coined by Mark Simpson in 2014 to describe a man "who is influenced in his appearance by the stars of sport and pornography". It recognises young men who use "their toned bodies on social media as a means of feeling valuable in society." Jamie Hakim has described this as a "power-shift of a segment of society who have historically defined themselves through their mind, whilst at the same time defining those they have subordinated - such as women - through their bodies".
narcissistic neurosis
psychoanalytic term