Complacency

Quick meaning: Complacency is a noun meaning A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.

Meaning

A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.

More Meanings

1. An instance of self-satisfaction.
2. Passivity as a result of contentment with the current situation.

Example Sentences

"However, incidents such as the derailment at Walton-on-Thames clearly show us that there is no room for complacency."

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves.

There was something pathetic in his concentration as if his complacency, more acute than of old, was not enough to him any more. When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.

[…] looking at Mr. George Osborne's pale interesting countenance, and those beautiful black, curling, shining whiskers, which the young gentleman himself regarded with no ordinary complacency, she thought in her little heart that in His Majesty's army, or in the wide world, there never was such a face or such a hero.

Word Forms

• complacencies
• complacence

Synonyms for complacency

Depending on context, synonyms include complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction, satisfaction, self-congratulation, contentment.

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