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[ kuh m-pley -suh n-see ] SHOW IPA
/ kəmˈpleɪ sən si / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural com·pla·cen·cies. a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
Archaic . friendly civility; inclination to please; complaisance. a civil act. Also
com·pla·cence [kuh m-pley -suh ns]. /kəmˈpleɪ səns/. Origin of complacency From the Medieval Latin word complacentia, dating back to 1635–45. See complacent, -cy
OTHER WORDS FROM complacency non·com·pla·cence, noun non·com·pla·cen·cy, noun, plural non·com·pla·cen·cies. o·ver·com·pla·cence, noun o·ver·com·pla·cen·cy, noun Words nearby complacency compilation, compilation film, compile, compiled language, compiler, complacency , complacent, complain, complainant, complaint, complaisance
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He was enraged at her blindness to Pete Cheever's duplicity or her complacency with it.
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The children of his tenants, and neighbours were objects of his generosity and complacency .
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He laughed, and continued with the good humor men of politics use as a cloak but which in his case was the complacency of success.
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Overconfidence and complacency are among our deadliest enemies.
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British Dictionary definitions for complacency noun plural -cencies or -cences a feeling of satisfaction, esp extreme self-satisfaction; smugness
an obsolete word for complaisance
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Words related to complacency satisfaction, smugness