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発音

• IPA: /kəmˈpleɪsənt/
• Homophone: complaisant

形容詞

complacent (comparative more complacent, superlative most complacent)

1. Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.

   He grew complacent as the years rolled on and the money rolled in.

   • 2021 June 29, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Germany”, in BBC Sport‎:

     England will feel confident but not complacent against Ukraine, and the shock exit of France to Switzerland shows no-one can be taken lightly.

2. Unduly unworried or apathetic with regard to a need or problem.

   He tried to paint his audience as complacent, yelling that if they weren't mad as hell then they weren't paying enough attention.

使用する際の注意点

• Complacent should not be confused with its homophone, complaisant.

同意語

• smug
• self-satisfied
• placid

派生語

関連する語

• complacence
• complacency

Further reading

• “complacent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “complacent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.