I agree. And furthermore, I think these binary labels for personality traits facilitate dehumanization. Labeling somebody a narcissist, psychopath, etc is of

I agree. And furthermore, I think these binary labels for personality traits facilitate dehumanization. Labeling somebody a narcissist, psychopath, etc is often a prelude to applying a totally different ethical standard when dealing with that person; e.g. attacking them in vicious ways they wouldn't normally consider as acceptable, but this time it's okay because that person is a narcissist.. It may sometimes be necessary to do this, but I think it's important to be very careful when doing so, particularly when somebody is judging a situation they're personally involved with. Nobody is a truly impartial judge of others, and when somebody has a personal stake in the dispute the biases are even stronger. Applying a dehumanizing clinical label to people I can't get along with could be an easy (ego-preserving) way to contextualize a dispute, but if I'm personally involved in the dispute then my ability to impartially analyze and categorize that person has been compromised. And if my analysis of that person is incorrect, then I've sabotaged myself by miscategorizing that other person.