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Definition: Self-complacency |
Self-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 "self-complacency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonyms: Self-complacencySynonyms: complacence (n), complacency (n), self-satisfaction (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vanity | Noun: vanity; conceit, conceitedness; self-conceit, self-complacency, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-esteem, self-love, self-approbation, self-praise, self-glorification, self-laudation, self-gratulation, self-applause, self-admiration; amour propre; selfishness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Self-complacency" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Self-complacency" is used about 2 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) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "self-complacency"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | netëkënaqje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | самодоволство (complacence, complacency, priggery, self satisfaction, wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 自已自满. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | samolibost (complacence, ego, self esteem, self satisfaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ναρκισσισμόσ (narcissism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | önelégültség (complacence, complacency, self-content, self-righteousness, self-sufficiency, smugness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elf-complacencysay ufania de si mesmo, fatuidade (puppyism, vanity). (various references) autoamãgire (self-delusion). (various references) самодовольство (complacence, complacency, coxcombry, self-satisfaction, smugness). (various references) uživanje u samom sebi. (various references) halinden memnunluk. (various references) tính tự túc tự mãn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-f-l-l-m-n-o-p-s-y" | |
-3 letters: complacences. | |
-4 letters: complacence, complacency. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6C 66 2D 63 6F 6D 70 6C 61 63 65 6E 63 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00101101 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100001 01100011 01100101 01101110 01100011 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e l f - c o m p l a c e n c y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006C 0066 002D 0063 006F 006D 0070 006C 0061 0063 0065 006E 0063 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53717872156981798278676971806991 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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