complacencynoun [ U ]
uk/kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/us/kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/also complacence, disapprovinga feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder:
What annoys me about these girls is their complacency - they seem to have no desire to expand their horizons.
There's no room for complacency if we want to stay in this competition!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Satisfied and complacent
- at one with the world idiom
- be on to a good thing idiom
- complacent
- content
- gloat
- life
- pride
- rest
- rest on your laurels idiom
- run
- sate
- sated
- satiate
- self-fulfilment
- self-satisfied
- smug
- smugly
- that'll do nicely idiom
- thing
- world
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