complacency

N ความพึงพอใจ  satisfaction complacence kwam-pueng-por-jai

complacency

com pla cen cy |kəmˈplāsənsē kəmˈpleɪsnsi |(also complacence ) ▶noun a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements: the figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complacere ‘to please. ’

complacency

complacency |kəmˈpleɪs (ə )nsi |(also complacence ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements: the figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complacere ‘to please ’.

complacency

complacency noun the complacency he felt as a math student was abruptly shaken when he took his first calculus exam: smugness, self-satisfaction, self-congratulation, self-regard; gloating, triumph, pride; satisfaction, contentment.

complacency

complacency noun success brings with it the danger of complacency: 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. ANTONYMS dissatisfaction.