self-complacency
Americannoun
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He takes the part which he thinks in most need of his support, not so much out of magnanimity, as to prevent too great a degree of presumption or self-complacency on the triumphant side.
From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William
A smile of self-complacency crossed her wasted face as she told me that a very few interviews had served to dispel all Lady Maria's prejudices against her.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
The self-complacency of virtuous men, 64, 65, and note.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
The feelings which need to be repressed are anger, fear, self-complacency.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
The immoderate desire of sensible sorrow comes from self-love and self-complacency.
From Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears by Quadrupani, Carlo Giuseppe
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