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Definition of Complacent

Complacent
Complacent Com*pla"cent, a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p. pr. of complacere; com- + placere to please: cf. F. complaisant. See Please and cf. Complaisant.] Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile. They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to kings. --Burke.

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- ISBN 978-0-45149505-1, 0-45149505-5. Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians. Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway (2020). ISBN 978-1-62157920-5...
- her third book, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent, which was a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Kendzior was...
- 1950s. The title is a well-known English expression indicating smug and complacent selfishness. The trade unions, workers and bosses are all seen to be incompetent...
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- century, Philadelphia had an entrenched Republican political machine and a complacent po****tion.[clarification needed] In 1910, a general strike shut down...
- the time (e.g., the Soviet Union, etc.), the U.S. military had become complacent and predictable with regard to asymmetric attacks by state and non-state...
- Kishori and JJ in the act, and breaks off their engagement when Kishori is complacent with the practice and with JJ's actions. Later, Kishori realizes the error...
- shortly before the match ends. He appears at a public event to goad a now complacent Rocky who is announcing his retirement. Lang finally infuriates Rocky...
- has become a major theme. He often warned that men were becoming too complacent, failing in their duties to propagate the race and exhibit masculine vigor...