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self-complacency

self-complacency noun: the quality of being self-complacent.

Noun

self-complacency (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being self-complacent.
    • No self-complacency can equal that of the selfish. Not content with its indulgence, they actually idolise it into being praiseworthy.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 128

Origin of self-complacency

From self- + complacency.

Questions about self-complacency

What does self-complacency mean?
Self-complacency means the quality of being self-complacent.
What part of speech is self-complacency?
Self-complacency is a noun.

Words near self-complacency in the dictionary

  1. self-commutator
  2. self-commutators
  3. self-compassion
  4. self-compatible
  5. self-competition
  6. self-complacency
  7. self-complacent
  8. self-composed
  9. self-conceipt
  10. self-conceit
  11. self-conceited

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