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adjective
1.
pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
2.
pleasant; complaisant.
Origin:
1650–60; < Latin complacent- (stem of complacēns, present participle of complacēre to take the fancy of, please, equivalent to com- com- + placēre to please
1650–60; < Latin complacent- (stem of complacēns, present participle of complacēre to take the fancy of, please, equivalent to com- com- + placēre to please
Related forms
com·pla·cent·ly, adverb
non·com·pla·cent, adjective
non·com·pla·cent·ly, adverb
o·ver·com·pla·cent, adjective
o·ver·com·pla·cent·ly, adverb
EXPANDSynonyms
1. smug, unbothered, untroubled.
1. smug, unbothered, untroubled.
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World English Dictionary
| complacent (kəmˈpleɪsənt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | pleased or satisfied, esp extremely self-satisfied |
| 2. | an obsolete word for complaisant |
| [C17: from Latin complacēns very pleasing, from complacēre to be most agreeable to, from com- (intensive) + placēre to please] | |
| com'placently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
complacent
1650s, from L. complacentem "pleasing," prp. of complacere (see complacence). Related: Complacently (1816).
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