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complacent

adjective

com·​pla·​cent kəm-ˈplā-sᵊnt How to pronounce complacent (audio)
1
: marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies : marked by complacency : self-satisfied
a complacent smile
2
: complaisant sense 1
complacent flattery
3
complacently adverb

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Complaisant or Complacent?

The homophones complaisant and complacent are often confused - and no wonder. Not only do they look and sound alike, but they also both derive ultimately from Latin complacēre, meaning "to please greatly." Complacent usually means "self-satisfied" or "unconcerned," but it also shares with complaisant the sense of "marked by an inclination to please or oblige." This sense of complacent is an old one, but that hasn't kept language critics from labeling it as an error - and on the whole, modern writers do prefer complaisant for this meaning. Conversely, complaisant is sometimes mistakenly used in contexts such as "complaisant about injustices," where complacent, with its sense of "marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies," should go. One aid is to remember that with the preposition "about," you probably want complacent.

Example Sentences

… I gazed at my mother's poised, beautiful profile as her face turned from side to side, calm or complacent, accepting what the route offered. Donald Hall, Atlantic, October 1996 Mr. Davis organized his second great quintet in the mid-60's, but by then jazz had taken a new turn and many felt he had become passé, a complacent peacock. Gary Giddins, New York Times Book Review, 15 Oct. 1989 … he hopes to break through the reader's complacent indifference, make him aware of his predicament, and force him to take sides. Monroe K. Spears, American Ambitions, 1987 Lord Lathkill … was so completely unostentatious, so very willing to pay all the attention to me, and yet so subtly complacent, so unquestionably sure of his position. D. H. Lawrence, The Complete Short Stories Volume III, (1922) 1981 The strong economy has made people complacent. We have grown too complacent over the years. We can't afford to be complacent about illiteracy. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Leading by 11 at halftime of the showdown against second-seeded Sandwich, Dover-Sherborn coach Erin Massimi had a simple message for her squad: Don’t get complacent. Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022 But even with those blowout wins, the team is mindful of not getting complacent ahead of the playoffs. Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2022 But the brands became complacent and really were satisfied with their projects. Dave Knox, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 Her portrait of Meadows was of a complacent chief of staff, unwilling to confront the president unless absolutely forced to do so, a senior official who was described multiple times as slouched on his couch scrolling through his cellphone. Dan Balz, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 Experts also see a deeper disconnect, saying that both parties grew complacent in the belief that their turn in office would always come again. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 From investing in private credit to tax loss harvesting to converting to a more sustainable stock portfolio, the top 1% is not complacent during the market meltdown. Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 14 July 2022 Those leaders who took it upon themselves to take action and truly re-examine their unique people strategies are going to sit much prettier than their complacent counterparts. Gary Drenik, Forbes, 16 June 2022 That policing strategy worked wonders in New York and other cities in the 1990s and 2000s, but progressives dismissed it as crime rates fell and voters became complacent. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin complacent-, complacens, present participle of complacēre to please greatly, from com- + placēre to please — more at please

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of complacent was in 1760

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