Self-complacency (Noun)
Meaning
The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself; "his complacency was absolutely disgusting".
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- He walked out of the meeting room with an air of self-complacency that was hard to ignore.
- Her smug smile reflected her self-complacency with the way she handled the presentation.
- Despite the mistakes in his report, his self-complacency prevented him from acknowledging them.
- The artist's self-complacency was evident in the overuse of clichéd elements in his paintings.
- Her self-complacency after winning the award was short-lived, as she soon realized she still had a lot to learn.