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self-con⋅grat⋅u⋅la⋅tion

  [self-kuhn-grach-uh-ley-shuhn, or, often, -graj-, -kuhng-, self-]
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–noun
the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
Origin:
1705–15

Related forms:
self-con⋅grat⋅u⋅la⋅to⋅ry  [self-kuhn-grach-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, or, often, -graj-, -kuhng-, self-] , adjective
self-con⋅grat⋅u⋅lat⋅ing, adjective
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self-con·grat·u·la·tion   (sělf'kən-grāch'ə-lā'shən, -grāj'-, -kəng-)
n.  Congratulation, especially self-satisfied congratulation, of oneself for one's achievements or good fortune.
self'-con·grat'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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