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Definition: Complacency |
ComplacencyNoun1. The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself; "his complacency was absolutely disgusting". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "complacency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | Low variability among consecutive tree-ring parameters(e. g. ring width, maximum density)which theoretically indicates that the growth of a particular tree is relatively unaffected by interannual variations of ecological factors. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: ComplacencySynonyms: complacence (n), self-complacency (n), self-satisfaction (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cheerfulness | Optimism; (hopefulness); self complacency; hedonics, hedonism. |
Content | Noun: content, contentment, contentedness; complacency, satisfaction, entire satisfaction, ease, heart's ease, peace of mind; serenity; cheerfulness; ray of comfort; comfort; (well-being). |
Courtesy | Noun: courtesy; respect; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness; Adjective: bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension; (humility); affability, complaisance, pr_venance, amability, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy. |
Pleasure | Noun: pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, fruition; oblectation, delectation, delection; relish, zest; gusto; (physical pleasure); satisfaction; (content); complacency. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Complacency |
| English words defined with "complacency": complacence ♦ Displacency ♦ self-complacency, self-satisfaction, self-satisfied, smug ♦ To be pleased in. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | That's where complacency and indolence reside Look here, at the bridge of the nose, why do you sneer so often, Maria? (Viskningar och rop; writing credit: Ingmar Bergman) | |
Lyrics | Acceptance equals complacency (Too Beautiful; performing artist: Heart) | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | The word home made his father look on him with fresh complacency. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Programs that screen only specific high-risk segments of a population tend to miss individuals who are inaccurately registered and to encourage nonscreening because of provider complacency. (references) | |
Business | Some experts believe that complacency has set in as the economy has recovered rapidly from the economic crisis. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | But complacency or self-congratulation can imperil our security as much as the weapons of tyranny. |
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| "Complacency" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.71% of the time. "Complacency" is used about 347 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.71% | 346 | 15,378 |
| Noun (common) | 0.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 347 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "complacency": self-complacency. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
complacency | 17 |
complacency quote | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "complacency"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vetëkënaqësi (complacence, coxcombry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | удовлетвореност, самодоволство (complacence, priggery, self satisfaction, self-complacency, wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 自满 (Complacence, self-satisfaction, self-satisfied). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | uspokojení (gratification, satisfaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خوشنودی ازخود, خودخوشنودی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | complaisance (complaisance), complacence. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wohlbehagen (comfortable feeling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αυταρέσκεια (self esteem, self satisfaction, self-compacence, self-righteousness, smugness, vanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megelégedettség (complacence, placidity, satisfaction), elégedettség (complacence, content, contentment, satisfaction), szolgálatkészség (complaisance, compliance, officiousness, promptitude, promptness, tautness), előzékenység (affability, complaisance, compliance, consideration, urbanity), önteltség (arrogance, complacence, conceit, confidence, coxcombry, egotism, false pride, loftiness, perkiness, self satisfaction, self sufficiency, self-confidence, self-importance), önelégültség (complacence, self-complacency, self-content, self-righteousness, self-sufficiency, smugness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | compiacimento (complacence), compiacenza (complaisance, indulgence, kindness, pleasure, satisfaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 自己満足 (self-satisfaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じ"ま"ぞく (self-satisfaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | selvtilfredshet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omplacencycay complacência (assentation, complaisance, compliance, willingness), satisfação consigo mesmo (complacence). (various references) vanitate (conceit, coquettishness, futility, importance, self-importance, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vanity), satisfacţie (amends, contentment, gratification, relish, reparation, satisfaction), mulţumire de sine (complacence, self-applause), automulţumire (complacence, self satisfaction), autoliniştire. (various references) благодушие (complacence, placability). (various references) vidi complacence. (various references) complacencia (complacence, complaisance, compliance, indulgence, pleasure, willingness). (various references) självbelåtenhet (complacence, self satisfaction, self-congratulation). (various references) memnuniyet (complacence, content, contentedness, contentment, gladness, gratification, pleasure, satisfaction), halinden memnun olma (complacence), gönül rahatlığı (a clear consience, complacence, inner calm, quietness, quietude). (various references) самовдоволення (complacence, self satisfaction, self-approval, self-righteousness), задоволеність (complacence, contentedness, contentment, satiety). (various references) tính tự mãn sự bằng lòng (complacence), sự vừa ý (complacence, content, satisfactoriness), sự thoả mãn (complacence, contentedness, contentment, satiation, satisfactoriness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Complacency" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: compacency, complacancy, complacencey, complacenct, complacenecy, complacens, complacentcy, complaceny, complaicency. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "complacency" (pronounced kumplā"sunsē) |
| 5 | -s u n s ē | decency, indecency. |
| 4 | -u n s ē | absorbency, accountancy, agency, ascendancy, ascendency, buoyancy, clemency, cogency, competency, Conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, consultancy, contingency, counterinsurgency, currency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, discrepancy, dormancy, efficiency, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, immunodeficiency, incompetency, inconsistency, inconstancy, incumbency, inefficiency, infancy, infrequency, insolvency, insurgency, interagency, irrelevancy, latency, leniency, malignancy, militancy, nonemergency, occupancy, poignancy, potency, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, redundancy, regency, relevancy, residency, resiliency, solvency, stridency, stringency, sufficiency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, truancy, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy, vibrancy. |
| 3 | -n s ē | bouncy, chancy, deviancy, fancy, fiancee, mincy, Nancy, necromancy, teensy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-l-m-n-o-p-y" | |
-2 letters: cyclopean. | |
-3 letters: cyclamen, peccancy. | |
-4 letters: company, conceal, cyclone, maypole. | |
-5 letters: cancel, canopy, coccal, comely, compel, comply, copalm, employ, encamp, eponym, laymen, lemony, meanly, namely, openly, poleyn, pomace, yeoman. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Bibliography |
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