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complacent

adj
/kəmˈpleɪsənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin complacēns (“very pleasing”), present participle of complacēre (“to please at the same time, be very pleasing”), from com- (“together”) + placēre (“to please”); see please and compare complaisant.

  1. borrowed from complacēns

Definitions

  1. Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements

    Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.

    • He grew complacent as the years rolled on and the money rolled in.
    • England will feel confident but not complacent against Ukraine, and the shock exit of France to Switzerland shows no-one can be taken lightly.

  2. Unduly unworried or apathetic with regard to a need or problem.

    • He tried to paint his audience as complacent, yelling that if they weren't mad as hell then they weren't paying enough attention.

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Derived

complacently, complacentry, overcomplacent, self-complacent, uncomplacent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at complacent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at complacent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at complacent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA