Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
stuffy complacency
English answer:
oppressive smugness; oppressive self-importance; oppressive pretentiousness
Added to glossary by
Michael Powers (PhD)
Jul 16, 2009 12:59
14 yrs ago
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English term
stuffy complacency
English
Art/Literary
Printing & Publishing
"...was bored out of my mind by the publication’s stuffy complacency".
Could someone please rephrase this for me? This is how a guy characterised the style of the magazine he started working for.
TIA
Could someone please rephrase this for me? This is how a guy characterised the style of the magazine he started working for.
TIA
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Jul 17, 2009 14:51: Michael Powers (PhD) Created KOG entry
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
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English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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oppressive smugness; oppressive self-importance; oppressive pretentiousness
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Merriam-Webster Thesaurs
complacence
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Entry Word:
complacence
Function:
noun
Text: an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with oneʼs situation or achievements<the complacence of some of the rich kids at the exclusive private school>Synonymscomplacency, conceit, conceitedness, ego, egotism, pompousness, pride, pridefulness, self-admiration, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-importance, self-satisfaction, smugness, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, vanityRelated Wordsassurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence; self-righteousness; arrogance, disdainfulness, haughtiness, imperiousness, lordliness, self-assertion, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority; overconfidence, presumption; pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness; egoism, self-centeredness, selfishness; self-respectNear Antonymsdiffidence, self-doubt; altruism, unselfishness; bashfulness, demureness, shyness, timidity, timidness; passiveness, passivityAntonymshumbleness, humility, modesty
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complacence
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Entry Word:
complacence
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noun
Text: an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with oneʼs situation or achievements<the complacence of some of the rich kids at the exclusive private school>Synonymscomplacency, conceit, conceitedness, ego, egotism, pompousness, pride, pridefulness, self-admiration, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-importance, self-satisfaction, smugness, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, vanityRelated Wordsassurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence; self-righteousness; arrogance, disdainfulness, haughtiness, imperiousness, lordliness, self-assertion, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority; overconfidence, presumption; pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness; egoism, self-centeredness, selfishness; self-respectNear Antonymsdiffidence, self-doubt; altruism, unselfishness; bashfulness, demureness, shyness, timidity, timidness; passiveness, passivityAntonymshumbleness, humility, modesty
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David Williams
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Thank you, David - Mike :)
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: But just the first line of your explanation would have been sufficient. No need to quote at length from a thesaurus - you can just give the ref.
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Thank you, Tina - Mike :)
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Japan
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Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
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uninteresting (boring) extreme self-satisfaction
was bored out of my mind by the publication's unintersting extreme self-satisfaction.
It means that the publication or the article was so boring because the contents were full of self-satisfaction and non-appealing to the guy who started working for this magazine.
It means that the publication or the article was so boring because the contents were full of self-satisfaction and non-appealing to the guy who started working for this magazine.
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overbearing/suffocating complacency
Overbearing self-satisfaction.
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