complacency

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

com·pla·cency BrE [kəmˈpleɪsnsi] NAmE [kəmˈpleɪsnsi] noun uncountable (usually disapproving)
a feeling of satisfaction with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not think any change is necessary; the state of being ↑complacent
•Despite signs of an improvement in the economy, there is no room for complacency.

Word Origin:
[complacency] mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complacere ‘to please’.

Example Bank:
•His early success as a writer led to complacency and arrogance.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction