The word “Narcissus” can mean several things. It can refer to the Greek mythological figure of the same name who rejected the nymph Echo or, in some versions, the young man Ameinias. He fell in love with his own reflection and pined away (or killed himself) and a flower bearing his name sprang up where he died. In botany Narcissus is the name of a genus of about 40 species of plants, including daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), in the amaryllis family. In Freudian psychiatry and psychoanalysis, the term narcissism denotes an inflated self-image or excessive self-involvement, a condition that is usually a form of emotional immaturity.
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