Pretense of being the holder of the absolute truth.

When somebody pretends to be the holder of the absolute truth.


It occurs whenever his beliefs and ideas form a part of his identity. He doesn't want to let go of the possibility of him holding incorrect/short-sighted ideas as that would result in lowering his self-esteem and creating possible identity confusion. And thus, he makes a great effort to disregard any alternate ideas from affecting his identity(world). This does not cause any harm unless his fear should have an impact(usually negatively) upon the person or things that are directly involved in his possibly prejudiced assumption of himself and of his personally desired/designated "truth".