Synonyms for complacency
kəmˈpleɪ sən si; -sənscom·pla·cen·cy

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1. complacency

   Synonyms:
   approval, contentment, delight, gratification, pleasure, satisfaction

   Antonyms:
   displeasure, grudge, irritation, offense, pique, resentment, umbrage

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1. complacency, complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfactionnoun

   the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

   "his complacency was absolutely disgusting"

   Synonyms:
   self-satisfaction, self-complacency, complacence

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1. complacencynoun

   Synonyms:
   satisfaction, gratification, pleasure, content, contentment

2. complacencynoun

   Synonyms:
   civility, courtesy, politeness, complaisance

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1. List of paraphrases for "complacency":

   self-satisfaction, self-congratulation, convenience, self-righteousness, complaisance, subservience, leniency, indulgence, overconfidence, sufficiency, indifference

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1. Ellen Johnson:

   The sustaining of anti-Ebola measures over the last two months has meant that in Liberia we now have the upper hand, But our government remains concerned that progress in this battle will lead to complacency on the part of the international community.

2. Thomas Dean:

   We can not flip back into complacency.

3. Michelle Erenberg:

   To me it feels like maybe there was some complacency among people in Louisiana, that,' Oh, the Louisiana politicians can pass these crazy laws, but you know, they'll be stopped in court,'.

4. Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska:

   While Admiral Neffenger is an impressive man, it is naive and dangerous to pretend installing one director can heal what ails TSA, the Department of Homeland Security needs to admit that it has a crisis of bureaucratic complacency - lacking an overarching vision and coherent measures of success and failure.

5. Glenn Grothman:

   Wake up FCC and begin to do your job, the moral decline of America is partly due to your utter complacency.