self-complacencen.
/ˌsɛlfkəmˈpleɪsns/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkəmˈpleɪs(ə)ns/ Uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements; self-satisfaction; complacency. Cf. self-complaisance n.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [noun]
complacencec1430
self-contentment1592
self-complacence1601
self-content1602
self-satisfaction1605
self-pleasing1610
self-complacency1616
self-contentedness1642
complacency1650
self-complaisance1675
Podsnappery1864
smugness1883
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [noun]
complacencec1430
self-contentment1592
self-complacence1601
self-content1602
self-satisfaction1605
self-pleasing1610
self-complacency1616
self-contentedness1642
complacency1650
self-complaisance1675
plume1910
1601 R. Johnson Essaies xiv. f. 39 Where are two eyes signifying foresight with pondering vpon the likelihoode of successe, two eares patientlie to admit the counsell of others, and not to bee carried away with self complacence.
1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV sig. A2 With what warm zele and self-complacence some learned men contend in the mists and clouds of ambiguous termes.
1782 W. Cowper Charity in Poems 203 Extravagance and av'rice shall subscribe, While fame and self-complacence are the bribe.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xvi. 334 Foster..pointed with self-complacence to a piece of concealed machinery in the wall.
1894 Daily Crescent (Defiance, Ohio) 21 June A rude shock was recently given to the American self complacence based upon the marvelous growth of our great cities.
1928 Cent. Mag. Aug. 410/2 That surplus above current needs which makes possible..the self-complacence of the non-producer.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 July 379 This very lack of self-complacence, this habit of self-criticism which has always been the characteristic of the Church.
1997 I. Feldman in Poetry 169 254 She looked at him sprawl snug in his self-complacence, letting things slide thoughtlessly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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