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complacent definition

com·pla·cent (kəm plā′sənt)

adjective

  1. satisfied; esp., self-satisfied, or smug
  2. affable; complaisant

Etymology: L complacens, prp. of complacere, to be very pleasing < com-, intens. + placere, to please

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