This implies that non-wizards were the abusers in Harry Potter and I don’t remember that being true.
Narcissus is a fictional character who was written exclusively to convey the idea that is described in the definition of the word based on his name*
Muggle is a fictional slur used by the ruling class in Harry Potter to denigrate people they don’t respect. It exists to be offensive.
I think it’s worth a bit of self reflection as to why you’ve embraced a word that was always a slur to use as a slur but get offended by the word “narcissist” to the point of ranting about it (in a past thread, not here).
I don’t think either is offensive so I hope you fall on the side of “neither word is that big of a deal”
Narcissus is a fictional character who was written exclusively to convey the idea that is described in the definition of the word based on his name*
No, the word was invented in the 19th century by Lord Byron and his contemporaries. Nobody ever made a word based on Narcissus until Lord Byron. Ovid was writing about Narcissus thousands of years before then.
Narcissus was written about once in the entirety of Greek mythology in a story about. A story about how self-obsession is a curse.
Lord Byron described a personality trait where one exhibits self-obsession to the point of harm and needed a word for it. He referenced the most famous example of self-obsession.
This implies that non-wizards were the abusers in Harry Potter and I don’t remember that being true.
Narcissus is a fictional character who was written exclusively to convey the idea that is described in the definition of the word based on his name*
Muggle is a fictional slur used by the ruling class in Harry Potter to denigrate people they don’t respect. It exists to be offensive.
I think it’s worth a bit of self reflection as to why you’ve embraced a word that was always a slur to use as a slur but get offended by the word “narcissist” to the point of ranting about it (in a past thread, not here).
I don’t think either is offensive so I hope you fall on the side of “neither word is that big of a deal”
No, the word was invented in the 19th century by Lord Byron and his contemporaries. Nobody ever made a word based on Narcissus until Lord Byron. Ovid was writing about Narcissus thousands of years before then.
Narcissus was written about once in the entirety of Greek mythology in a story about. A story about how self-obsession is a curse.
Lord Byron described a personality trait where one exhibits self-obsession to the point of harm and needed a word for it. He referenced the most famous example of self-obsession.
That is how many things get their names.