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==NPI== | ==NPI== | ||
The Narcissistic Personality Inventory or NPI defines Narcissism through 6 axes, primarily: Authority | The Narcissistic Personality Inventory or NPI defines Narcissism through 6 axes, primarily: | ||
*Authority | |||
*Self-sufficiency | |||
*Sense of Superiority | |||
*Exhibitionism | |||
*Exploitativeness | |||
*Vanity | |||
*Entitlement | |||
Given the NPI definition of narcissism is also the colloquial definition, we see that the colloquial definition of narcissism has expanded way beyond just vanity. Why these particular traits? Because politics. | |||
==DSM-IV== | |||
The DSM-IV has the modern accepted "medical" definition of narcissism, which is measured along the following axes: | |||
*Arrogance | |||
*Excessive envy | |||
*Lacking empathy | |||
*Needing excessive admiration | |||
*Excessive fantasies of superiority or pure love | |||
*Sense of Superiority | |||
*Exploitativeness | |||
*grandiosity/vanity | |||
*entitlement | |||
Thus the new definition, unlike the NPI version does not consider desire to dominate, self-sufficiency, or exhibitionism to be traits of narcissism anymore. Therefore, being a camgirl or a venture capitalist is no longer defined as narcissism. But envy of those people are now narcissism. Why? Because politics. | |||
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