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Self-complacency

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self-com·pla·cent (slfkm-plsnt)
adj.
Self-satisfied, often smugly so.
self-com·placen·cy n.
self-com·placent·ly adv.
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Noun1.self-complacency - the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself; "his complacency was absolutely disgusting"
complacence, complacency, self-satisfaction
satisfaction - the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation; "the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction"
smugness - an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction


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By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
When Charmolue had installed himself in a magisterial manner in his own, he seated himself, then rose and said, without exhibiting too much self-complacency at his success,--"The accused has confessed all.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
It's rather a strong check to one's self-complacency to find how much of one's right doing depends on not being in want of money.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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