MALIGNANT NARCISSISM IS A SYNDROME CHARACTERIZED BY A NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER (NPD), ANTISOCIAL FEATURES, PARANOID TRAITS, AND EGOSYNTONIC AGGRESSION. OTHER SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE AN ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCE, A PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED FOR POWER, AND A SENSE OF IMPORTANCE (GRANDIOSITY). "A DISTURBING FORM OF NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY WHERE GRANDIOSITY IS BUILT AROUND AGGRESSION AND THE DESTRUCTIVE ASPECTS OF THE SELF BECOME IDEALIZED"
