self-congratulation
noun
the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
self-congratulating
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a word derived from
self-congratulation.
Example Sentences
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“The Biggest Little Farm” can at times feel like a larger, better-produced version of the kind of viral video that spreads on Facebook, equal parts uplifting and self-congratulating.
From Washington Times ● May 8, 2019
Here he was named male artist of the year and new artist of the year, and his “Traveller” won the prize for album of the year – a clear indication of the industry’s self-congratulating embrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2015
With all of our self-congratulating references to “post-racial” society, it’s about time we recognized the ways we haven’t changed.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2015
There’s a lot of self-congratulating going around Capitol Hill these days – members of Congress are, in not-so-insignificant ways, doing their jobs.
From MSNBC ● Apr. 24, 2015
Some men write and speak as if the difference between the Christian and the worldly man was this, that in the one conscience is a self-reproaching hell, and in the other a self-congratulating heaven.
From Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series by Frederick William Robertson
