SELF-SATISFACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-satisfaction mean? 

• SELF-SATISFACTION (noun)
  The noun SELF-SATISFACTION has 1 sense:

1. the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

  Familiarity information: SELF-SATISFACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-SATISFACTION (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 ("self-satisfaction" is a kind of...):

satisfaction (the contentment you feel when you have done something right)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-satisfaction"):

smugness (an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction)