self-contentn.
/ˌsɛlfkənˈtɛnt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkənˈtɛnt/ Contentment with oneself and one's life; self-satisfaction; self-contentment.
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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
1602 F. Davison et al. Poet. Rapsody sig. K2 No greater profit is then selfe content.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 367 If even in self-vexation, something of self-content is sought.
1764 tr. J.-F. Marmontel Moral Tales I. 167 My husband accosted me with that air of self-content which appeared always on his countenance.
1796 S. T. Coleridge Ode Departing Year 15 Now I recenter my immortal mind In the long sabbath of high self-content.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 43 Like a vain loud multitude Vexing the self-content of wisest men.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. x. 170 This self-content of his kept him in general good-humour.
1918 Continent 8 Aug. 897/2 The deep-seated self-content and the irresponsiveness which prevails in so many.
1987 A. Pryce-Jones Bonus of Laughter xvi. 167 We ought to watch ourselves.., on the alert for fatuity, for a crippling kind of self-content.
1999 S. D. Elliott Soldier of Tennessee (2004) i. 1 Porter's comment could only moderately increase his self-content.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
self-contentadj.
/ˌsɛlfkənˈtɛnt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkənˈtɛnt/ Content with oneself and one's life; self-satisfied; self-contented.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adjective]
smug1551
fat1598
self-contented1631
self-pleased1633
self-satisfied1653
self-contenta1656
self-complacent1736
self-gratulating1755
complacent1767
well1773
self-congratulatory1798
comfortable1856
paddy1865
Podsnappian1866
cosy1927
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [adjective]
fat1598
self-contented1631
self-pleased1633
self-satisfied1653
self-contenta1656
complacing1669
self-complacentiala1711
self-complacinga1711
self-complacent1736
complacent1767
pinguid1768
unctuous1822
paddy1865
a1656 R. Vines Gods Drawing (1662) 91 Every man by nature is self-content, and self-sufficient.
1735 W. Harte Ess. on Reason 3 That God, whose light is Truth, whose vast extent Of pleasure, Good—self-form'd and self-content!
1857 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 257 Frenchmen are so self-content and superficial.
1920 Poetry 17 156 Here is a poet as unapologetically modern, and as generous and self-content, as the Elizabethans were in their day.
2002 J. Long Year Zero 313 There was Lydia beaming her 100-watt smile beside a sturdy burgher of a man with a prosperous belly... They looked self-content.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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