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narcissist

Sixty-five years inside psychoanalysis, one 1979 bestseller, one DSM entry, and then TikTok turned a clinical diagnosis into a name for anyone who hurt you. The highest-immune term in the set: the named pattern denies itself.

1900 to 2026, 4 sources

Gestation: first sustained attestation to ignition (ngram)GestationCrystallization: ignition to peak (ngram)CrystallizationIgnition 2001: first crossing of 10% of peak with sustained growth (ngram)Ignition 2001Peak 2022: maximum of smoothed series (ngram)Peak 20220%25%50%75%100%1900192019401960198020002020Logistic fit1914: Freud, On Narcissism1971: Kohut, The Analysis of the Self1979: Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism1980: NPD enters DSM-III2006-06-17: Wikipedia article created ("Narcissism")2009: Twenge & Campbell, The Narcissism Epidemic2020: NarcTok wave begins (3.9B views by late 2022)

Diamonds are dated events from the historical record. Click one.

Gestation 1900 to 2001Crystallization 2001 to 2022

Measured on Google Books

Growth rate k
0.178/yr
Rise midpoint
2012
Fit quality r²
0.97
Post-peak half-life
still on the plateau

The dated record

  1. 1914 Freud, On Narcissismpaper
  2. 1971 Kohut, The Analysis of the Selfbook
  3. 1979 Lasch, The Culture of Narcissismbook
  4. 1980 NPD enters DSM-IIIinstitutional
  5. 2006-06-17 Wikipedia article created ("Narcissism")platform
  6. 2009 Twenge & Campbell, The Narcissism Epidemicbook
  7. 2020 NarcTok wave begins (3.9B views by late 2022)platform

The therapy-speak bundle

Separate coinages, one fire. Detected ignition years: 2009, 2014, 2014, 2016, 2021. Logic treats these terms as independent; the egregore issued them as a set.

gaslighting

ignition 2016

narcissistic abuse

ignition 2014

love bombing

ignition 2021

toxic relationship

ignition 2009

trauma-informed

ignition 2014