“Arrogant pride”, or at least arrogance, is listed among the traits already, that doesn’t add anything to the meaning.
Imagine I’m writing a computer program that models people. People who exhibit a high number of these traits gain the label narcissist. Does this label allow me to make better or more efficient predictions about the person than the individual traits? What sorts of predictions?
The label is an efficient way of describing someone with most of or all of these traits. If your computer is memory-limited, storing the label “narcissist” may be more efficient than storing answers to all of a list of questions.
Someone who shows these traits will probably continue to show these traits. Additionally, someone who shows most of these traits probably shows the other traits as well.
“Arrogant pride”, or at least arrogance, is listed among the traits already, that doesn’t add anything to the meaning.
Imagine I’m writing a computer program that models people. People who exhibit a high number of these traits gain the label narcissist. Does this label allow me to make better or more efficient predictions about the person than the individual traits? What sorts of predictions?
The label is an efficient way of describing someone with most of or all of these traits. If your computer is memory-limited, storing the label “narcissist” may be more efficient than storing answers to all of a list of questions.
Someone who shows these traits will probably continue to show these traits. Additionally, someone who shows most of these traits probably shows the other traits as well.