self-content
Americannoun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of self-content
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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Cricket is linked with the Golden Age of English power and self-content, the idyll that supposedly existed before the First World War.
From Newsweek
There are hermit souls that live withdrawn In the peace of their self-content; There are souls, like stars, that dwell apart In a fellowless firmament.
From The Shepherd Psalm A Meditation by Evans, William
Since I crossed the Tigris, I know not that I have felt such self-content.
From Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
"Hearty," that is what they are; it is the good side of their self-content.
From Irish Books and Irish People by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
I was really angry with O'Brien by that time, with his air of omniscience, superiority, and self-content, as if he were talking to a child or someone very credulous and weak-minded.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
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