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Trunks Posted 16 years ago
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Question with "Complacency" or "Smug"?
Complacency N. - a feeling of satisfaction with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel any change is necessary.
Why are the words "complacency" or "smug" mentioned as disapproving in the dictionary? What is wrong if someone is self-satisfied with their success?
Why are the words "complacency" or "smug" mentioned as disapproving in the dictionary? What is wrong if someone is self-satisfied with their success?
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Can you imagine someone who is self-satisfied in a way that becomes annoying and unattractive? That's what "smug" means. "complacent" is slightly less pejorative (though still disapproving).
- Can you imagine someone who is self-satisfied in a way that becomes annoying and unattractive?
- That's what "smug" means.
- "complacent" is slightly less pejorative (though still disapproving).
- It tends to describe someone who, through a combination of indolence and ignorance, sits back and doesn't do things that are necessary.
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Can you imagine someone who is self-satisfied in a way that becomes annoying and unattractive? That's what "smug" means.
"complacent" is slightly less pejorative (though still disapproving). It tends to describe someone who, through a combination of indolence and ignorance, sits back and doesn't do things that are necessary.
"complacent" is slightly less pejorative (though still disapproving). It tends to describe someone who, through a combination of indolence and ignorance, sits back and doesn't do things that are necessary.
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