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complacent adjective [ kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nt ]

• showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.
• "you can't afford to be complacent about security"
Similar: smug, self-satisfied, pleased with oneself, proud of oneself, self-approving, self-congratulatory, self-admiring, self-regarding, gloating, triumphant, proud, pleased, gratified, satisfied, content, contented, careless, slack, lax, lazy, I'm-all-right-Jack, wisenheimer, shit-eating,
Opposite: dissatisfied, humble,
Origin: mid 17th century (in the sense ‘pleasant’): from Latin complacent- ‘pleasing’, from the verb complacere .


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