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  2. Grandiosity - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, grandiosity is a sense of superiority, uniqueness, or invulnerability that is unrealistic and not based on personal capability.It may be expressed by exaggerated beliefs regarding one's abilities, the belief that few other people have anything in common with oneself, and that one can only be understood by a few, very special people. [1]

  3. Grandiose delusions - Wikipedia

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    The term grandiose delusion overlaps with, but is distinct from, grandiosity. Grandiosity is an attitude of extraordinary self-regard (feelings of superiority, uniqueness, importance or invulnerability), while grandiose delusion concerns specific extraordinary factual beliefs about one's fame, wealth, powers, or religious and historical relevance.

  4. Pathological lying - Wikipedia

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    Pathological lying is an item of the interpersonal facet of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), alongside superficial charm, grandiosity, and manipulativeness. [28] It is endorsed where an individual lies and deceives so frequently that it is a defining or central characteristic of their interactions with others.

  5. Healthy narcissism - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, when ADM and RIV are entered into regression models as predictors and their covariance is controlled for, ADM begins to show small-to-medium sized positive correlations with empathy, trust, forgiveness, gratitude and agreeableness, and shows inverse associations with narcissistic vulnerability and aggression (though it retains ...

  6. Paranoid personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a mental disorder characterized by paranoia, and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others. People with this personality disorder may be hypersensitive, easily insulted, and habitually relate to the world by vigilant scanning of the environment for clues or suggestions that may validate their fears or biases.

  7. How do I know if someone in my life is a narcissist? Here's ...

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    Nick Cannon recently said he has narcissistic personality disorder. What to know about narcissists and what the disorder really means.

  8. Psychopathy - Wikipedia

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    The word element socio- has been commonly used in compound words since around 1880. [ 100 ] [ 101 ] The term sociopathy may have been first introduced in 1909 in Germany by biological psychiatrist Karl Birnbaum and in 1930 in the US by educational psychologist George E. Partridge , as an alternative to the concept of psychopathy . [ 100 ]

  9. Messiah complex - Wikipedia

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    The term messiah complex is not addressed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), as it is not a clinical term nor diagnosable disorder. However, the symptoms as a proposed disorder closely resemble those found in individuals with delusions of grandeur or with grandiose self-images that veer towards the delusional. [3]