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noun, plural com·pla·cen·cies.
1.
a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
2.
Archaic.
a.
friendly civility; inclination to please; complaisance.
b.
a civil act.
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non·com·pla·cence, noun
non·com·pla·cen·cy, noun, plural non·com·pla·cen·cies.
o·ver·com·pla·cence, noun
o·ver·com·pla·cen·cy, noun
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| complacency or complacence (kəmˈpleɪsənsɪ) | |
| —n , pl -cencies, -cences | |
| 1. | a feeling of satisfaction, esp extreme self-satisfaction; smugness |
| 2. | an obsolete word for complaisance |
| complacence or complacence | |
| —n | |
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complacence
1436, from M.L. complacentia "satisfaction, pleasure," from L. complacentem (nom. complacens), prp. of complacere "to be very pleasing," from com- intensive prefix + placere "to please." Sense of "pleased with oneself" is 18c.
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