Definition of Complacence

1. Noun. The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself. "His complacency was absolutely disgusting"

Exact synonyms: Complacency, Self-complacency, Self-satisfaction
Generic synonyms: Satisfaction
Specialized synonyms: Smugness
Derivative terms: Complacent, Complacent, Self-complacent

Definition of Complacence

1. n. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.

Definition of Complacence

1. Noun. (archaic) Being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) Pleasure, delight. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) Complaisance; a willingness to comply with others' wishes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Complacence

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Complacence

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complacence (current term)
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complainants
complainaunt
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complainers

Literary usage of Complacence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"I look back, and will always do so, with peculiar complacence, on the happy hours I enjoyed in your society during my late visit to London. ..."

2. An American Selection of Lessons in Reading & Speaking: Calculated to by Noah Webster (1814)
"... countenance would wear the smile of complacence ; and the little unavoidable troubles, incident to the happiest situation, ..."

3. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1823)
"Love of complacence, which arises from the consideration of any object agreeable to us, and calculated to afford us pleasure. "We know that even friendship ..."

4. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"... я ich complacence ai on the labours of the Moravian brethren. They «eem to afford the only pleasing specimens of that spiritual Christianity which is ..."

5. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"complacence. See them above. " Complaisance, — that is to say, That every man strive to accommodate himself to the rest. ..."

6. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... will still prejudice merit— Reviews sometimes beautifully written—Eloquent lament on Byron's death in " Edinburgh Review"—Self-complacence produced by a ..."

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