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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
complacent /kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nt/

▶adjective smug and uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements.

– derivatives
complacency (also complacence) noun,
complacently adverb.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as complacence), in the sense ‘pleasant’: from L. complacent-, complacere ‘to please’.

usage: The words complacent and complaisant are sometimes confused: complacent means ‘smug and self-satisfied’, whereas complaisant means ‘willing to please’.

'complacent' also found in these Oxford entries:

Babbitt - complaisant - épater - navel-gazing - self-satisfied

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