1. A psychological or social state where a person stands firm in their belief or
opinion, convinced of their absolute correctness, even when they are met with universal hatred, opposition, and disagreement from every other individual.
2. The unshakable conviction that you are the sole champion of
truth, while everyone else is lost, flawed, or simply an idiot. This person has willingly or accidentally become a "ronin"—a lone, masterless warrior—of their own flawed opinion.
3. The rare social phenomenon where an entire group of
people achieves perfect consensus on only one issue: the fact that a
single, stubbornly confident person is completely wrong.
I tried to show him the
math, but he'
s got a classic case of The Ronin Complex—he's decided he's a lone wolf intellectual and the rest of us are sheep
Don't even try to argue with her about the new marketing plan; she's deep in The Ronin Complex and is convinced our entire team is just too small-minded to see her genius.