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Definition of complacency in English: complacency(also complacence) noun kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nsikəmˈpleɪsənsi mass nounA feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements. （对自己或自己的成就）自满，沾沾自喜；满足 the figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency 算术有进步，但没有理由自满。 Example sentencesExamples - Fire may be part of the nation's identity, but complacency and greed fan the flames
- He warned farmers that there was still an urgent need for caution and there was no room for complacency.
- The danger is that this release from tension may lead to complacency.
- Conservatives may appreciate this liberal complacency when it comes to their own views.
- Why does there need to be yet another film that shakes parents out of their supposed complacency?
- I felt an overwhelming sense of fear today also, a fear of our ignorance and complacency.
- Since when do we have to put up with complacency, rudeness, laziness and neglect of duty?
- Such formal liberties were intended to jolt the viewer out of complacency into a fresh social outlook.
- Despite having achieved so much, there is still no complacency in the ranks.
- The first is a profound failure of the imagination, which comes from a certain laziness and complacency.
- The last thing you want to do is to make a complacent audience feel more happy in their complacency.
- How long must innocent people continue to pay the price for our indifference and complacency?
- This is a very dodgy position to be in, as complacency and boredom can quickly set in.
- But there are no grounds for complacency, and there is justified fear for the future.
- Neither panic nor complacency is a rational response to contemporary fascism.
- It was designed to warn us against complacency but also to anticipate a great future for the country and humanity.
- I would like to see less complacency over crime levels in the area and less smugness on the local environment.
- But if complacency is replaced with insecurity, what's at all positive about that?
- The uninitiated might think that the combination of openness and complacency shouldn't matter.
- There may be far too much institutional complacency but there is no reason for despair.
Synonyms smugness, self-satisfaction, self-approval, self-approbation, self-admiration, self-congratulation, self-regard gloating, triumph, pride satisfaction, contentment carelessness, slackness, laxity, laxness, laziness archaic self-content
OriginMid 17th century: from medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complacere 'to please'. Definition of complacency in US English: complacency(also complacence) nounkəmˈplāsənsēkəmˈpleɪsənsi A feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements. （对自己或自己的成就）自满，沾沾自喜；满足 the figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency 算术有进步，但没有理由自满。 Example sentencesExamples - Since when do we have to put up with complacency, rudeness, laziness and neglect of duty?
- Despite having achieved so much, there is still no complacency in the ranks.
- The first is a profound failure of the imagination, which comes from a certain laziness and complacency.
- I would like to see less complacency over crime levels in the area and less smugness on the local environment.
- But there are no grounds for complacency, and there is justified fear for the future.
- The last thing you want to do is to make a complacent audience feel more happy in their complacency.
- How long must innocent people continue to pay the price for our indifference and complacency?
- Why does there need to be yet another film that shakes parents out of their supposed complacency?
- Such formal liberties were intended to jolt the viewer out of complacency into a fresh social outlook.
- I felt an overwhelming sense of fear today also, a fear of our ignorance and complacency.
- This is a very dodgy position to be in, as complacency and boredom can quickly set in.
- The uninitiated might think that the combination of openness and complacency shouldn't matter.
- Neither panic nor complacency is a rational response to contemporary fascism.
- But if complacency is replaced with insecurity, what's at all positive about that?
- The danger is that this release from tension may lead to complacency.
- He warned farmers that there was still an urgent need for caution and there was no room for complacency.
- Conservatives may appreciate this liberal complacency when it comes to their own views.
- Fire may be part of the nation's identity, but complacency and greed fan the flames
- It was designed to warn us against complacency but also to anticipate a great future for the country and humanity.
- There may be far too much institutional complacency but there is no reason for despair.
Synonyms smugness, self-satisfaction, self-approval, self-approbation, self-admiration, self-congratulation, self-regard
OriginMid 17th century: from medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complacere ‘to please’. |