Complacency
Alternative forms
Origin
Late Latin complacentia: compare French complaisance.
Full definition of complacency
Noun
complacency
(plural complacencies)- A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.
- Fitzgerald Gatsby|IThere was something pathetic in his concentration as if his complacency, more acute than of old, was not enough to him any more. When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.
- AddisonOthers proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves.
- An instance of self-satisfaction.