COMPLACENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does complacence mean? 

• COMPLACENCE (noun)
  The noun COMPLACENCE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: COMPLACENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPLACENCE (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("complacence" is a kind of...):

satisfaction (the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "complacence"):

smugness (an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction)

Derivation:

complacent (contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions)

 Context examples 

Martin grinned and accepted the invitation, marvelling the while at his complacence.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)