narcissist vs. selfish

noun

  1. a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
  2. Psychiatry. a person who has narcissistic personality disorder ( def ).
  3. Psychoanalysis. a person who experiences or exhibits narcissism, deriving erotic gratification from admiration of their own physical or mental attributes.


adjective

  1. devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself:

    selfish motives.