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com⋅pla⋅cent
[kuh
m-pley-suhnt] 
–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. |
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| com·pla·cent (kəm-plā'sənt) adj.
[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
Com*pla"cent\, a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p. pr. of complacere; com- + placere to please: cf. F. complaisant. See Please and cf. Complaisant.] Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile. They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to kings. --Burke.
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Language Translation for : complacent
Spanish:
satisfecho de sí mismo, suficiente,
German:
selbstzufrieden,
Japanese:
ひとりよがりの
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