Tracy perceives everything that belongs to her as valuable and everything that belongs to others as having little value. Fromm would say Tracy is suffering from
A. existential dilemma.
B. moral hypochondriasis.
C. malignant narcissism.
D. incestuous symbiosis.
E. necrophilia.
Answer: C
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