Meaning & use
complacency
A feeling of quiet satisfaction with one's own achievements that leads to a lack of awareness of danger or need for improvement.
See it in a sentence
Years of success bred complacency among managers who stopped checking the safety equipment.
The coach warned players against complacency after their string of easy victories.
A note on using this word
Complacency is almost always negative, implying dangerous overconfidence, unlike contentment, which can be a healthy state.
Words with a similar meaning
self-satisfactionsmugness
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Words with an opposite meaning
vigilancediligence
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