vocabulary help! is there a word to describe people who never admit anything is their fault?

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hi! Just wondering, is there an adjective that could describe people who never see that they have any accountability for anything that happens in their lives?

You know the sort, nothing's ever their fault, even in part, just a series of unfortunate events and usually, other people or organisations doing them wrong.

It seems to be a particular lack of self awareness, I'm not talking about say, deliberately denying criminal responsibility.

Asking because I know someone like this and not having the right word is really annoying me!

Narcissist?

Ok, I’ll bite...

Men?

An MP?

Also wondering about this. Definitely narcissistic but I would like a different word as narcissist is over used.

Twat?

Twats?

gaslighting narcissists. usually retrospectively rewrite history to say that they didn't say/do what they did, and require you to believe it.

hehe tanstaafl and underneath I did wonder about 'Special Advisor to the PM'

Thanks, it feels like it could well be one of the signs of narcissism (I mean that as a personality trait, rather than necessarily a diagnosed condition) but wondered if there was anything for this behaviour in particular

Ha , I also came on here to suggest "men".

Amd if I'm being more sensible I would suggest "entitled twat" .

Or my ex husband.

Feckless? Shirks responsibility. Unaccountable.
A bit more loaded - martyr, passive aggressive.

I am not sure there’s a name for the person, but they have something of a denial syndrome perhaps.

I was going to suggest "teenager". But that's probably not helpful (and I live in hope that she'll grow out of it).

Trump?
Or Johnson?

12 year old boys.

Sorry, that’s 4 words.

You could use cognitive biases to describe it? Self serving theory, egocentric bias?

Do you mean never admitting they are wrong even when it blatantly evident. Such as while they are using a metal spatular on a pan, they get told that it will damage the pan, they say "no it wont", pan gets damaged, then they insist it was already damaged.

like this:
www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/201811/why-certain-people-will-never-admit-they-were-wrong%3famp

That article doesn't give a name!!

Yes. It's the full name of my exdp

I suppose if it's like being self-righteous only about never being wrong. Best description might be that they have self-infalliblity.

(Don't think self-infallibilious is a recognised word -maybe we cam get it off the ground and make it so!!)

We see so many adverts on TV about suing, and hear so many people threatening to sue others over 'things that were not their fault' nowadays that people seem to be being encouraged to believe that nothing is ever their fault.

So, maybe, 'modern'?

Slopey shoulders. A Teflon Timmy.

Doesn't bear responsibility on their own shoulders.

Mostly though, just feckless twat.

Deluded. If they genuinely believe nothing is ever their fault.
Or liars if they know deep down it is but don’t want to be blamed.
Interesting.

I can give you a couple of names if you like.

They'd both deny it totally, and then explain how the illusion you have on them is wrong entirely due to someone/something else's fault.

Politician

Teflon acting, Blame shifting, Finger pointing, Not self aware, PITA, Not a team player, Selfish, Aggravating, Dominating, Controlling, Bitchfesting, Narcissistic, Joy sucking Tw*t.

Don't know if that helps OP, but I feel better.

'Tories'