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What's the difference between malignant narcissism and psychopathy?

This passage appears in the book *Snakes in Suits* by Paul Babiak and Robert Hare:

> Narcissists have difficulty learning alternative behaviors; but over time, and with some assistance—as with all personality disorders— they can learn to moderate their behaviors and the negative effect they have on others. The real problem for others is when narcissistic features, especially a sense of entitlement and a lack of empathy, shade into antisocial and destructive behaviors. When this happens, the pattern might be described as aggressive or malignant narcissism, which is difficult to distinguish from psychopathy.
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Malignant narcissism can fall under the category of grandiose narcissism which can also be termed things like "psychopathic", but there are differences between the two. Although they are very similar in terms of traits (such as lack of empathy), there is a fine line between malignant narcissism and psychopathy. The main difference is that malignant narcissists seek attention, while people who have been diagnosed with psychopathy don't need to. Narcissists in one way or another crave attention and want to be the centre of the world, where as psychopaths seek attention as a means to persuade people into doing things for them, but they do not need attention to function like narcissists do. People with psychopathy have a clear disregard for the emotions of people, which allows them to not care what people think or say about them, where as a narcissist will find ways to protect their ego if they feel it is in danger (if people are talking poorly about them).

edit: a few words, bad grammar from typing on phone :(