Meanings
nounself-complacency (uncountable)
- uncountableThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
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