complacency
noun/kəmˈpleɪsnsi/
/kəmˈpleɪsnsi/
[uncountable] (usually disapproving)- a feeling of being satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not think any change is necessary; the state of being complacent
- Despite signs of an improvement in the economy, there is no room for complacency.
- His early success as a writer led to complacency and arrogance.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complacere ‘to please’.
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