self-satisfaction
/ˌsɛlf-satɪsˈfakʃn
/noun [mass noun]
Excessive satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements; smug complacency: a look of self-satisfaction...
- It is good to share with somebody, but the problem is that this desire often comes from self-satisfaction and ego-centered attachment which would never fill our heart.
- You are all permitted a moment of pride and self-satisfaction.
- It was not intended as a path to complacency or self-satisfaction, but to questions and action.
Synonyms
complacency, self-congratulation, smugness, superiority, self-approval, self-approbation
- get (or be or go) beyond a joke
- get (or be) shot of
- get (or be) spliced
- get (or catch) it in the neck
- get (or give someone) a fair shake
- get (or give someone) ideas
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature
- get (or go) nowhere
- get (or have) a load on
- get (or have) one's ducks in a row
- get (or have) one's end away
- get (or have) one's (own) way
- get (or have or give someone) the hump
- get (or have) someone by the short and curlies (or short hairs)
- get (or have) the goods on
- get (or have) the jump on someone
- get (or have) the worst of it
- get (or keep) one's eye in
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up