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self-content
[ self-kuhn-tent, self- ]
noun
- satisfaction with oneself; self-complacency.
adjective
- content with oneself; self-satisfied.
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Other Words From
- self-con·tented·ly adverb
- self-con·tented·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-content1
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Example Sentences
From some cause the machinery of his self-content had possibly got out of gear; anyhow no answer came ready.
The quite self-content and the half-private character of the guilds have prevented a thorough investigation of their history.
One loses in religious exaltation but gains in beaming self-content.
"In a quiet way," replied she, with a smile of self-content, so lovely as a smile that no one would have minded its frank egotism.
But, with the above-mentioned exception, the little boy's self-content suffered but slight disturbance.
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