different between narcissistic vs presumptuous

English

Etymology

narcissist +? -ic

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??.s??s?s.t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??.s??s?s.t?k/

Adjective

narcissistic (comparative more narcissistic, superlative most narcissistic)

1. Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
2. Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.

Antonyms

• nonnarcissistic

Related terms

• narcissism
• narcissistic personality disorder

See also

• megalomania

Translations

Noun

narcissistic (plural narcissistics)

1. 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.

See also

• God complex

English

Alternative forms

• præsumptuous (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English presumptuous, borrowed from Old French presumptieus, presumpcieus, presumptuos, from Latin praesumptuosus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???z?mp.t?u?.?s/, /p???z?mp.tju?.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p???z?mpt?u?s/, /p?i?z?mpt?u?s/

Adjective

presumptuous (comparative more presumptuous, superlative most presumptuous)

1. 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
• See also: Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• presumptuously
• presumptuousness

Related terms

• presumption
• presume

Translations