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I’m looking for a word that can be used in the following sentence:

“Many say that the industry is a ______ for/of narcissists.

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    What are the specific properties of this 'place' that make it more suitable for unpleasant people than for anyone else?
    – KillingTime
    Commented Jul 24, 2021 at 17:14
  • Quite possibly a duplicate of word meaning a place contains a lot of a certain type of people. I'll not CV for a while in case better fits than 'magnet' / 'haven' / 'hub' / 'breeding ground' (all given at the possible dupe) are given.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Jul 24, 2021 at 17:50
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    How about "cesspool"?
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Jul 25, 2021 at 0:08
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    Can you provide more context? Magnet (attraction) would convey a different sense than, say, playground (ownership / entitlement). Either way, the place is filled up with them.
    – Tinfoil Hat
    Commented Jul 25, 2021 at 0:26
  • @Cascabel - Problem is, I end up spending 10 minutes to find the Oxford definition (usually use Cambridge, but it didn't quite fit in this case), then I spent another 10 trying to get the bullet to format correctly.
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Jul 25, 2021 at 1:01

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hotbed

  1. An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development, especially of something undesirable: a hotbed of intrigue.

From AHD https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=hotbed

There’s a difference between hotbed of and hotbed for captured in this definition.

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cesspool seems like a good candidate:

  1. a covered hole or container in the ground for collecting waste from a building, especially from the toilets
  2. a place where dishonest or immoral people gather
    • a cesspool of corruption
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I suggest (from Lexico)

breeding ground
NOUN

1.1 A place or situation that favours the development or occurrence of something.
The Web is indeed a modern-day breeding ground for unscrupulous forgers

It is often (but not always) used in a negative sense, and you can say

Many say that the industry is a breeding ground for narcissists.

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