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complacency
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of COMPLACENCY
[noncount]
: a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better : a complacent feeling or condition自满；自得；沾沾自喜
- The public was lulled into complacency.民众被哄得沾沾自喜。
- The stock market crash rattled/shattered/shook our complacency. [=took away our feeling that everything was fine]股市暴跌打击了我们的自满情绪。
Synonyms
- amour propre
- bighead
- complacence
- conceit
- conceitedness
- ego
- egotism
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pride
- pridefulness
- self-admiration
- self-assumption
- self-conceit
- self-congratulation
- self-esteem
- self-glory
- self-importance
- self-love
- self-opinion
- self-satisfaction
- smugness
- swelled head
- swellheadedness
- vaingloriousness
- vainglory
- vainness
- vanity
Example Sentences
He sees a dangerous sense of complacency about the U.S. stock market—where investors were emboldened after the 1998 downturn was followed by a resounding snapback. 
Bernard Wysocki, Jr., Wall Street Journal, 3 Aug. 1999 He spoke, however, with resignation, even complacency, rather than anguish. Harriet Ritvo, The Platypus and The Mermaid, 1997 … you say to yourself, "OK, why did it happen? Why did we make those bad engineering decisions we made in 1967 and 1986 with Challenger?" I'll tell you. It's the human element. And I suggest that there's a complacency there that comes from success. Alan Shepard, Yankee, October 1991 Tony Brace lived in Richmond, in circumstances of impeccable domestic content. Matthew and Susan had visited, in the early days of their marriage; driving home, they had mocked the décor and the connubial complacency. Penelope Lively, City Of The Mind, 1991 The public was lulled into complacency. a momentary complacency that was quickly dispelled by the shock of cold reality See More
Bernard Wysocki, Jr., Wall Street Journal, 3 Aug. 1999 He spoke, however, with resignation, even complacency, rather than anguish. Harriet Ritvo, The Platypus and The Mermaid, 1997 … you say to yourself, "OK, why did it happen? Why did we make those bad engineering decisions we made in 1967 and 1986 with Challenger?" I'll tell you. It's the human element. And I suggest that there's a complacency there that comes from success. Alan Shepard, Yankee, October 1991 Tony Brace lived in Richmond, in circumstances of impeccable domestic content. Matthew and Susan had visited, in the early days of their marriage; driving home, they had mocked the décor and the connubial complacency. Penelope Lively, City Of The Mind, 1991 The public was lulled into complacency. a momentary complacency that was quickly dispelled by the shock of cold reality See More Recent Examples on the Web This could happen because of automation complacency, or changes to the system. Brad Templeton, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 Next, complacency: Even when the inconvenient facts are reluctantly acknowledged, a misplaced confidence that a small adjustment is all that is needed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 13 June 2022 In a 22-minute voice memo originally posted as an audio-only video on her official YouTube page, Spears spoke about feeling controlled by her father and how her mother — and specifically her complacency — contributed to her distress. Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Speaking about their beginnings in the comedy lane, both Johnson and Jay said pushing past their complacency into something new showed them their purpose as professional funny ladies. Essence, 26 July 2022 Some opted to cut and run for Saudi money, others to stay and fight — as much against the structure and complacency of their own Tour as against LIV. Eamon Lynch, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022 Understanding what others are doing and benchmarking your strategies in this fast-changing environment is crucial to avoiding complacency and ensuring survival. Jonathan Fianu, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Without continued focus polio could become yet another global health issue stuck in its perpetual cycle of crisis, followed by complacency, followed by new crisis. Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 25 July 2022 This should puncture complacency about tech dominance. WSJ, 24 July 2022 See More
Brad Templeton, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 Next, complacency: Even when the inconvenient facts are reluctantly acknowledged, a misplaced confidence that a small adjustment is all that is needed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 13 June 2022 In a 22-minute voice memo originally posted as an audio-only video on her official YouTube page, Spears spoke about feeling controlled by her father and how her mother — and specifically her complacency — contributed to her distress. Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Speaking about their beginnings in the comedy lane, both Johnson and Jay said pushing past their complacency into something new showed them their purpose as professional funny ladies. Essence, 26 July 2022 Some opted to cut and run for Saudi money, others to stay and fight — as much against the structure and complacency of their own Tour as against LIV. Eamon Lynch, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022 Understanding what others are doing and benchmarking your strategies in this fast-changing environment is crucial to avoiding complacency and ensuring survival. Jonathan Fianu, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Without continued focus polio could become yet another global health issue stuck in its perpetual cycle of crisis, followed by complacency, followed by new crisis. Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 25 July 2022 This should puncture complacency about tech dominance. WSJ, 24 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
see complacent
First Known Use
1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of complacency was in 1650 Phrases Containing complacency
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