complacency
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sən 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.
Related forms
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) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Word Origin & History
complacency
1640s, from same source as complacence but with the later form of the suffix.
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Example sentences
The combination of awful infrastructure and overwhelming cultural complacency will almost surely result in endless frustration.
So my counter-hypothesis would be that it wasn't beauty that was the problem, it was complacency.
Highly reliable automation has been shown to induce overconfidence and complacency.
It has come through the tireless struggle of people who fought such complacency.
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