Ego vs. Narcissism: What's the Difference?

The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.

Excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself.

In psychoanalytic theory, the division of the psyche that is conscious, is responsible for our feelings of selfhood, and most directly interacts with external reality.

A personality disorder characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. Also called narcissistic personality disorder.

An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.

Pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, considered in psychoanalytic theory to be a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.

Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem.

Excessive love of oneself.

The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.

Sexual desire for one's own body.

The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.

An exceptional interest in and admiration for oneself.

The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; the subject consciously considered as "I" by a person; - opposed to non-ego.

An exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

That one of the three parts of a person's psychic apparatus that mediates consciously between the drives of the id and the realities of the external physical and social environment, by integrating perceptions of the external world and organizing the reactions to it. Contrasted with the id and superego.

Egotism; as, a job requiring a diplomat without too much ego.

Self-esteem; as, he has an overinflated ego.

An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

Your consciousness of your own identity

(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind