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Synonyms & Antonyms of complacence
1
an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements
- the complacence of some of the rich kids at the exclusive private school
Synonyms for complacence
- amour propre,
- bighead,
- complacency,
- conceit,
- conceitedness,
- ego,
- egotism,
- pomposity,
- pompousness,
- pride,
- pridefulness,
- self-admiration,
- self-assumption,
- self-conceit,
- self-congratulation,
- self-esteem,
- self-glory,
- self-importance,
- self-love,
- self-opinion,
- self-satisfaction,
- smugness,
- swelled head,
- swellheadedness,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainglory,
- vainness,
- vanity
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2
lack of interest or concern
- someone who displayed a startling complacence toward his own financial plight
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The first known use of complacence was in the 15th century
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