Ume Habiba Hashmi.

Narcissist vs. Egotist

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The definition of Narcissist is a psychological disorder which is achieved by a person’s physical or mental behavior and shows excessive admiration or self love. The egotist on the other hand is defined as a person who is not agreeable or not pleasant.

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To differentiate between narcissist and egotist, we should know how to identify them, what they think of themselves and how they behave. Narcissists are of various types and present with different clinical features. The features include a signature trait wherein they show more affection on themselves and try to prove that they are more than what they are; they always expect some kind of compliment from others; they act in a different way in front of others; they will blame others for their loss; their way of conversation will be unique; they will explain everyone that all the people love them. The features of an egotist include ‘himself’. He is always bothered about his needs and desires. He decides everything for himself. All the conversations and his actions will all be in just about satisfying himself. The obligations, truth, justice and all other laws are just for himself.

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All narcissists can be egotists whereas all egotists cannot be narcissists. Every person has some amount of narcissistic behavior in them whereas ego is made to develop inside one’s mind and heart. Until diagnosed by a doctor, they are considered to be egotists. But once given the diagnosis by the doctor, they are referred to as narcissists. The narcissists are dysfunctional. Narcissists have lots of ego in them. They don’t reveal their true face but instead, they reveal their false self. There is a theory proposed by Freud which describes the narcissist’s ego.

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A narcissist does not know what is human, how human needs to be and behave whereas an egotist is bothered all about himself. He knows only his needs and to fulfil these needs, he starts showing all kinds of behavior. If we had never loved ourselves, we will not know about egoism at all.

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The narcissist wants to like others. He hardly knows about himself. He lives in an imaginary world. He cannot understand or cope up with other human beings. He is bothered about adoration, affirmation, love, applause, admiration and attention. An egotist is not happy with himself and other people. He doesn’t like his relationship with others. He is unhappy with the happenings around him. He feels that other people are great and he feels lonely and desires to achieve everything.

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SUMMARY:

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1.When undiagnosed, a person is called an egotist but once diagnosed, the person is considered to be narcissist.
2.Some amount of narcissism can be seen in everybody but egoism is only allowed by a person to develop.
3.An egotist knows only himself whereas a narcissist shows more affection on himself so that others know about it
4.A narcissist understands about others whereas an egotist knows only himself and can do anything for himself.
I hope its clear now __ :/

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