Synonyms for complacency

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh m-pley-suh n-see

Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpleɪ sən si

Définition of complacency

Origin : 1640s, from same source as complacence but with the later form of the suffix (see -cy).

noun contentment

Example sentences :

"It's a shame," she said, with a marked effort to subdue her own complacency.
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

He might well think with some complacency of the influence he had exerted on the world.
Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

Even as it was, I felt a slight degree of complacency at the circumstance.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

Calmer thoughts succeeded this little flicker of complacency.
Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Mr. Burton Henderson accepted his wife's amendment with complacency.
Extract from : « The Lovely Lady » by Mary Austin

"It did not require much cleverness for that," he said, with some complacency.
Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty

All peace of mind, all complacency in himself is fled forever.
Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden

Mrs. Everard did not regard the change in Anne with complacency.
Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith

The arts have declined, but our complacency over their decline has ceased.
Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various

I have learnt that a measure of self-pride, of complacency, is essential to every human being.
Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford

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