Complacency

/kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/ noun

A feeling of satisfaction with yourself or things as they are, especially when you're not aware of problems or dangers.

From Latin 'complacentia' (satisfaction, pleasure), from 'complacere' (to please greatly). The meaning shifted from general satisfaction to the modern sense of dangerous self-satisfaction.

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