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self-complacency

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self-com⋅pla⋅cent

  [self-kuhm-pley-suhnt, self-]
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–adjective
pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
Origin:
1755–65

Related forms:
self-com⋅pla⋅cence, self-com⋅pla⋅cen⋅cy, noun
self-com⋅pla⋅cent⋅ly, adverb
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self-com·pla·cent   (sělf'kəm-plā'sənt)
adj.  Self-satisfied, often smugly so.
self'-com·pla'cen·cy n., self'-com·pla'cent·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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