COMPLACENCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does complacence mean? • COMPLACENCE (noun)
The noun COMPLACENCE has 1 sense:
1. the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
Familiarity information: COMPLACENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COMPLACENCE (noun)
Meaning:
The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
complacence; complacency; self-complacency; self-satisfaction
Context example:
his complacency was absolutely disgusting
Hypernyms ("complacence" is a kind of...):
satisfaction (the contentment you feel when you have done something right)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "complacence"):
smugness (an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction)
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