Cerebral narcissism — what it means

Identity built on intellect. Argues to win, never to understand. Will explain what you just lived through back to you, more cleverly. Humiliates in the guise of "debate."

What it looks like

Every disagreement was a debate you were structurally going to lose. "You're being illogical" was the conversation-ender. Your degrees got quietly mocked. Eventually you stopped offering opinions you couldn't defend with a citation.

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