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com·pla·cent

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–adjective

1.	pleased, esp. 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; < L complacent- (s. of complacéns, prp. of complacére to take the fancy of, please, equiv. to com- com- + placére to please

]

—Related forms

com·pla·cent·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. smug, unbothered, untroubled.

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adj.

Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned: He had become complacent after years of success.
Eager to please; complaisant.

[Latin complacēns, complacent-, present participle of complacēre, to please : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + placēre, to please; see plāk-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

com·pla'cent·ly adv.

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complacent
adjective
contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity"

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complacent [kəmˈpleisnt] adjective

showing satisfaction with one's own situation
Example: a complacent attitude

Arabic:	راضٍ عَن نَفْسِه
Chinese (Simplified):	自满的
Chinese (Traditional):	自滿的
Czech:	spokojený
Danish:	magelig; selvtilfreds
Dutch:	zelfgenoegzaam
Estonian:	enesega rahulolev
Finnish:	itsetyytyväinen
French:	suffisant
German:	selbstzufrieden
Greek:	αυτάρεσκος
Hungarian:	önelégült
Icelandic:	sjálfsánægður
Indonesian:	puas
Italian:	compiaciuto

Japanese:	ひとりよがりの
Korean:	만족해 하는
Latvian:	pašapmierināts
Lithuanian:	savimi patenkintas
Norwegian:	selvgod, rolig og tilfreds
Polish:	zadowolony
Portuguese (Brazil):	vaidoso, cheio de si
Portuguese (Portugal):	convencido
Romanian:	satisfăcător, mulţumitor
Russian:	самодовольный
Slovak:	samoľúby
Slovenian:	samozadovoljen
Spanish:	satisfecho de sí mismo, suficiente
Swedish:	belåten, nöjd
Turkish:	halinden memnnun

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Complacent

Com*pla"cence\, Complacency \Com*pla"cen*cy\, n. [LL. complacentia: cf. F. complaisance. See Complacent, and cf. Complaisance.]

1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.

The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. --Atterbury.

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves. --Addison.

2. The cause of pleasure or joy. "O thou, my sole complacence." --Milton.

3. The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability.

Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness, Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts. --Addison.

With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust. --Pope.

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