self-complacent
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of self-complacent
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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I never heard a more self-complacent speech in my life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Art was as self-complacent as if nature had never been invented.
From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord
It is usual for our self-complacent generation to consider that it was not until our own time that rational measures for the care of the insane were taken.
From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.
Without waiting for the end of this self-complacent tirade, Neil went forward.
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
He was a striking instance of the importance which self-complacent mediocrity can obtain in a newly-settled community, in spite of ponderous stupidity.
From Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
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