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self-complacency
noun[ U ]
disapprovinguk /ˌself.kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/ us /ˌself.kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/
a strong feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation, especially when this prevents you from feeling sympathy or understanding for others: 自满;自负
The show seeks to explode middle-class self-complacency and achieve a healthy honesty.
His idiotic grin of self-complacency is very funny.他自鸣得意的愚蠢笑容非常滑稽。
Very few of us do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency based on some quality or the other, real or imaginary.
Many morally and religiously correct actions can disguise self-complacency, hard-heartedness, and lack of solidarity.
Self-conceit and self-complacency are types of pride.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Satisfied and complacent
at one with the worldidiom
be on to a good thingidiom
complacency
complacent
complacently
nicely
pride
rest on your laurelsidiom
rewardingly
sate
self-content
self-contented
self-contentedly
self-fulfilled
self-fulfilment
this is the life!idiom
triumphalism
undiscouraged
unenvious
virtuously
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