The average Westerner, in his sleek complacency, will see in the tea ceremony but another instance of the thousand and one oddities which constitute the quaintness and childishness of the East to him.
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Complacency
//kəmˈpleɪsənˌsiː//
Synonyms for "complacency" (19 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (9)
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8 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 23 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自滿 /自满 noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Czech
3 entries- samolibost noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- sebeuspokojení noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- uspokojení noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Dutch
2 entries- zelfgenoegzaamheid noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- zelftevredenheid noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Esperanto
1 entries- memkontento noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Finnish
3 entries- itsetyytyväisyys noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- mielihyvä noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- tyytyväisyys noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
French
2 entries- complaisance noun (instance of self-satisfaction)
- suffisance noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
German
4 entries- Bequemlichkeit noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- Selbstgefälligkeit noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- Selbstzufriedenheit noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- Wohlbehagen noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Greek
1 entries- εφησυχασμός noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Hungarian
4 entries- elégedettség noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- önelégültség noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- önhittség noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- önteltség noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Icelandic
2 entries- sjálfsánægja noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- sjálfumgleði noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Italian
3 entries- autocompiacimento noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- autostima noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- compiacimento noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- selvtilfredshet noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Persian
1 entries- خودرضامندی noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Polish
2 entries- samozadowolenie noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- samozadowolenie noun (instance of self-satisfaction)
Portuguese
1 entries- desvanecimento noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Romanian
2 entries- automulțumire noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- autoîncântare noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Russian
2 entries- самодово́льство noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- самоуве́ренность noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- somaltachd noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- samozadovoljstvo noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Spanish
2 entries- autocomplacencia noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- suficiencia noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Swedish
1 entries- självbelåtenhet noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Turkish
1 entries- rehavet noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Ukrainian
2 entries- самовдово́леність noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
- самозадово́леність noun (feeling of self-satisfaction)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
His complacency won't make him many friends.
Source: tatoeba (1402718)
All economic problems would be solved, if they made complacency taxable.
Source: tatoeba (2932644)
If indifference is the kiss of death for a relationship, then complacency is the kiss of death for a business.
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