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The word is based on a Greek guy, Narcissus, who rejected all sexual and romantic advances. One of the suitors he spurned prayed to Nemesis that he should love what he cannot have. So Nemesis made him fall in love with his reflection and starve to death. It's a story about how hostile Greek culture was to asexuality. Nemesis is the god of divine punishment for hubris. The Greeks didn't understand asexuality, and thought it meant that the person in question thought they were above all other mortals. This is where the association with big ego comes from. It's from Greeks misunderstanding asexuality as hubris.
Also Narcissus was 16. Anyone who thinks he was the bad guy in that story is a pedo. And anyone who uses "n*rcissist" as an insult is sus
That’s interesting context on the root of the word, but just because the name of the personality disorder was inspired by Greek mythology doesn’t mean the word’s use today is invalid.
Words change and adapt new meanings. Etymology tracks where words come from, but those roots don’t dictate how new words are formed. The word “narcissism” has been in use for over 100 years and while people might know it has ties to the myth, there isn’t anyone who would use it to mean “this person is just like Narcissus.”
If we followed your logic, we’d have to stop using words like atlas, cereal, music, mentor, morphine, nemesis, and so many other words that come from names of people/gods in Greek mythology lest someone assume we mean some detail from the inspiring myth that most people don’t even know about.
Well sure. The word can also be an ableist slur for people with NPD. That's the most common way it's used these days.
Or I suppose they could also mean 'excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself', such as in this case
Lol, first, lots of english words have their origin in greek or roman historical figures but few of them actually bear any resemblance to their origin in contemporary usage
second, the common usage likely came from the fact that Narcissus was in love with himself, not that he was asexual
Casting the usage of the word 'narcissist' as being an intentional reference to a marginalized sexual preference instead of it's common and even documented definitions is a bit overzealous
You do you though.
Narcissus was cursed to fall in love with his reflection by a god. It's not actually one of his character traits, it's just how he died. The story is one of Greeks mistaking asexuality for egotism. If someone uses the cultural reference, I'm going to assume they've mistaken asexuality for egotism and they're probably a pedo.
That's a weird assumption to make.
Well alright then, that sounds airtight to me no notes.