"complacent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kəmˈpleɪsənt/ Audio: en-us-complacent.ogg Forms: more complacent [comparative], most complacent [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin complacēns (“very pleasing”), present participle of complacēre (“to please at the same time, be very pleasing”), from com- (“together”) + placēre (“to please”); see please and compare complaisant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|complacēns||very pleasing}} Latin complacēns (“very pleasing”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} complacent (comparative more complacent, superlative most complacent)
  1. Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements): complaent (Catalan), 得意 (déyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 自滿 (Chinese Mandarin), 自满 (zìmǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), samolibý (Czech), zelfgenoegzaam (Dutch), makkelijk (Dutch), zelftevreden (Dutch), zelfingenomen (Dutch), memkontenta (Esperanto), itsetyytyväinen (Finnish), omahyväinen (Finnish), suffisant (French), selbstgefällig (German), selbstzufrieden (German), αυτάρεσκος (aftáreskos) [masculine] (Greek), önelégült (Hungarian), öntelt (Hungarian), 独り善がり (hitori-yogari) (alt: ひとりよがり) (Japanese), kiriora (Maori), selvtilfreds (Norwegian Bokmål), complasent (Occitan), eendoontich (Plautdietsch), complacente (Portuguese), самодово́льный (samodovólʹnyj) (Russian), somalta (Scottish Gaelic), samozadovoljan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), samozadovoljen (Slovene), autocomplaciente (Spanish), självbelåten (Swedish), självgod (Swedish), egenkär (Swedish), самозадово́лений (samozadovólenyj) (Ukrainian), самовдово́лений (samovdovólenyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Unduly unworried or apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smug, self-satisfied Derived forms: complacently, complacentry, overcomplacent, self-complacent, uncomplacent Related terms: complacence, complacency
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          "text": "England will feel confident but not complacent against Ukraine, and the shock exit of France to Switzerland shows no-one can be taken lightly.",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "complaent"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "déyì",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "得意"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "自滿"
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    {
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      "roman": "zìmǎn",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "samolibý"
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "zelfgenoegzaam"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "makkelijk"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "zelftevreden"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "zelfingenomen"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "memkontenta"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "itsetyytyväinen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "omahyväinen"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "suffisant"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "selbstgefällig"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "selbstzufrieden"
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "önelégült"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "öntelt"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "hitori-yogari",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "独り善がり"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "kiriora"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "selvtilfreds"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "complasent"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "eendoontich"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "complacente"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samodovólʹnyj",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "самодово́льный"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "somalta"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
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      "word": "samozadovoljan"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "samozadovoljen"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "autocomplaciente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "självbelåten"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "självgod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "egenkär"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samozadovólenyj",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "самозадово́лений"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samovdovólenyj",
      "sense": "uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements",
      "word": "самовдово́лений"
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}

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