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- Dictionarycomplacency/kəmˈpleɪsnsi/
noun
- 1. a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements: "the figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency"
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Complacency is self-satisfaction that ignores or fails to notice problems or dangers. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related phrases of complacency.
Complacency is a feeling of calm satisfaction that prevents you from trying harder. Learn more about this word, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Complacency definition: a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.. See examples of COMPLACENCY used in a sentence.
Complacent means feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try harder. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, related words and phrases, and how to use it in sentences.
a feeling of being satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not think any change is necessary; the state of being complacent. Despite signs of an improvement in the economy, there is no room for complacency. His early success as a writer led to complacency and arrogance.
The word complacency is often hurled, in a rather scornful manner, at people who are unwilling to be political. It connotes a sense of ease and contentment with the status quo.
See synonyms for complacency on Thesaurus.com noun, plural com·pla·cen·cies. a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
