Deformed levels of narcissism (4-4)

I believe the answer is:

self-love

'narcissism' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'deformed levels of' is the wordplay.
'deformed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'levels'+'of'='levelsof'
'levelsof' is an anagram of 'SELF-LOVE'.

(Another definition for self-love that I've seen is " Narcissism".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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