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Originally Posted by Mygrandjourney
There's a big difference in the casual way the term "Narcissist (ic)" is used in popular venues v. the clinical diagnosis. I also see other diagnostic terms used to describe people and situations that don't match the clinical, DSM-5 diagnoses (such as "schizophrenic" "manic-depressive", "depression/depressed". Politicians and actors are often labelled as narcissistic in the media, whether or not the diagnosis fits.
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Excellent! This is exactly the point that I was (imperfectly) trying to make in my initial post here.