A personality disorder characterized by self-preoccupation, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem. 3. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.
indicative adjective (SHOWING). âº being or ârelating to a âsign that something âexists, is âtrue, or is âlikely to âhappen: Resumption of the âtalks is indicative of an âimproved ârelationship between the âcountries. (Definition of indicative from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).
Use the word indicative when you want to show that something is suggestive or serves as a sign of something. Your willingness to help out with the charity is indicative of your generous nature. The adjective indicative is usually followed by the word of. After being caught in the storm, you protested that the current condition of your hair and clothes were in no way indicative of your normal grooming habits. Instead, you argue, your appearance is indicative of your work ethic, since you braved wind, rain, and sleet to get to work that day.