complacent
[ kuhm-pley-suhnt ]
/ kəmˈpleɪ sənt /
adjective
pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
pleasant; complaisant.
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British Dictionary definitions for complacent
complacent
/ (kəmˈpleɪsənt) /
adjective
pleased or satisfied, esp extremely self-satisfied
an obsolete word for complaisant
Derived forms of complacent
complacently, adverbWord Origin for complacent
C17: from Latin
complacēns very pleasing, from
complacēre to be most agreeable to, from
com- (intensive) +
placēre to please