complacence
pronunciation
How to pronounce complacence in British English:
UK [kəm'pleɪsns]
How to pronounce complacence in American English:
US [kəmˈplesəns]
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- Noun:
- the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
Word Origin
- complacence (n.)
- mid-15c., "pleasure," from Medieval Latin complacentia "satisfaction, pleasure," from Latin complacentem (nominative complacens), present participle of complacere "to be very pleasing," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + placere "to please" (see please). Sense of "pleased with oneself" is 18c.
Example
- 1. If they bothered to dust off their history books , they would find this comparison a source for concern rather than complacence .
- 2. To allow ourselves simply to acquiescence in skepticism or in complacence , kant wrote .
- 3. When complacence crops up , people do not hesitate to talk out .
- 4. Citing goethe 's lines , capital expresses its rapture with complacence and delight .
- 5. To allow ourselves simply to acquiescence in skepticism or in complacence , kant wrote , can never suffice to overcome the restlessness of reason .