| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Narcissus |
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| A beautiful youth in classical mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool. Because he was unable to tear himself away from the image, he wasted away and died. | 1 |
| ‡ “Narcissists” are people completely absorbed in themselves. (See narcissism.) | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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