It comes from an old Greek legend of a man named Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. I forget the exact result but he either fell into the pond and drowned or just stared into his reflection until he starved to death. Either way, his obsession with himself was his greatest weakness. Greek legends often have these “flaws that kill you” punch-lines and we named this one after the guy, “Narcissism”.
In layperson speak a narcissist is someone who is obsessed with themselves to point of it being a negative flaw, especially when it’s combined with a disdain of other people.
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