self-complacence
- a word derived from self-complacent.
Example Sentences
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And are the advantages of vanity, when arising to the heroic standard, at all short of this self-complacence?
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George
His sudden reversal from bleak self-complacence to a clear-eyed view of his questionable approaches to real worth, was strong with bitterness, but deeply absorbing.
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington
Nevertheless, the kwedi is kept up, if for nothing else than to satisfy the self-complacence of the dead.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill
You begin to wonder at the strange self-confidence and self-complacence that have been so common even in your holiest moments and experiences.
From Quiet Talks on Following the Christ by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
Her blamelessness irritated my self-complacence as the light irritates defective eyes.
From The Gates Between by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart
