I think in the context of the parent post, 1800s is recent. There’s a different between someone having narcissistic traits and being diagnosed with NPD, but we

I think in the context of the parent post, 1800s is recent. There’s a different between someone having narcissistic traits and being diagnosed with NPD, but we casually say both of them are narcissists. Everyone has some of those traits, they just don’t run their lives. All language is fundamentally shorthand for real or imagined phenomena, and can be both descriptive and misleading. Clusters of personality traits can be enlightening even in the context of gossip!