different between narcissism vs narcissus

English

Etymology

From original German Narzissismus, soon changed to Narzissmus due to haplology, from Narcissus, a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection, +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??s??s?zm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??s??s?zm/

Noun

narcissism (usually uncountable, plural narcissisms)

1. Excessive love of oneself.
2. Sexual desire for one's own body.

Hyponyms

• NPD

Derived terms

• narcissist
• narcissistic
• narcissize

Translations

See also

• egoism
• egocentrism
• self-love
• self-flattery

Further reading

• narcissism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (nárkissos), ultimately either from Pre-Greek or related to ????? (nárk?).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /n???s?s?s/
• Rhymes: -?s?s

Noun

narcissus (plural narcissuses or narcissi)

Wikispecies

1. Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil
2. A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (nárkissos).

Noun

narcissus m (genitive narciss?); second declension

1. narcissus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• narcissus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• narcissus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• narcissus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• narcissus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[2]
• narcissus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• narcissus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray