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单词 self-complacency
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self-complacencyn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfkəmˈpleɪs(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkəmˈpleɪsənsi/
Forms: see self- prefix and complacency n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, complacency n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + complacency n. Compare earlier self-complacence n.
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements; self-satisfaction; complacency. Also: an instance of this.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [noun]
complacencec1430
self-contentment1592
self-complacence1601
self-content1602
self-satisfaction1605
self-pleasing1610
self-complacency1616
self-contentedness1642
complacency1650
self-complaisance1675
Podsnappery1864
smugness1883
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [noun]
complacencec1430
self-contentment1592
self-complacence1601
self-content1602
self-satisfaction1605
self-pleasing1610
self-complacency1616
self-contentedness1642
complacency1650
self-complaisance1675
plume1910
1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse 17 There must be no Honey of selfe-complacencie in this Sacrifice.
1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 302 Acts of self-complacency, whereby I delight and please my self in the perfections of my Nature.
1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 289 To check those Self-Complacencies which it is apt to grow into.
1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility 26 To receive it modestly, without any expressions of self-complacency.
1771 J. Wesley Let. 13 July (1931) V. 266 In the case you mention all self-complacency or self-approbation is not pride.
1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. 36 In the blindness of self-complacency.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxviii. 490 About himself and his own exploits there is not one word of self-complacency.
1940 Bay of Plenty Times (Tauranga, N.Z.) 12 June 4 Mrs Rolfe's next statement that there is no need for a change in New Zealand, is a splendid example of that ostrich-like self complacency which is so deadening and soul destroying.
1951 Motorboating Aug. 34/2 Let us then abandon self-complacency for a spell, and be searchingly self-critical.
2014 M. Chakravorty In Stereotype (2017) iv. 120 The risk is that Ondaatje's Sri Lanka..will remain only a foil for the West's self-assurance and self-complacency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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