complacency
satisfaction
TRANSLATION
complacency = die Selbstzufriedenheit, das Wohlbehagen (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX complacency: approximately 2,800,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The Home Office is accused of COMPLACENCY over data security after it gave out contradictory figures for the number of laptops it has lost.
(BBC News)
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I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's COMPLACENCY, for this is the great foundation of failure.
- Og Mandino, author and inspirational speaker (1923-1996)
(BBC News)
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I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's COMPLACENCY, for this is the great foundation of failure.
- Og Mandino, author and inspirational speaker (1923-1996)
Did you
know?
complacency
noun
- a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder
complacent (adjective)
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
As the American Heritage Dictionary points out, complacency is a feeling of contentment "especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy." For this reason, newspapers and magazines are full of stories about complacent governments, militaries, physicians, corporations and parents who have created harm because they were complacent. The public is also constantly warned about complacency regarding multitudes of things, particularly when it comes to personal health.
Here is a typical headline from the BBC news: Dentists are warning people may be getting complacent after figures showed more than one in 10 people do not brush their teeth each day.
The article went on to say that "the number of non-brushers is eight times higher than last year, according to the British Dental Health Foundation poll of over 1,000 people. And only a third were brushing for the full two minutes - as recommended." But there are still those who take dental health seriously, albeit in an unusual way. The survey found that people who flossed regularly were using bizarre objects including drill bits, shoelaces and twigs. Ouch!
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SYNONYMS
contentment, ease, equanimity, fulfilment, gladness, gratification, peace, pleasure, repletion, satisfaction, serenity
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ANTONYMS
discomfort, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sadness, unhappiness
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Complacency is very risky in our business because the competition never sleeps."
noun
- a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder
complacent (adjective)
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
As the American Heritage Dictionary points out, complacency is a feeling of contentment "especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy." For this reason, newspapers and magazines are full of stories about complacent governments, militaries, physicians, corporations and parents who have created harm because they were complacent. The public is also constantly warned about complacency regarding multitudes of things, particularly when it comes to personal health.
Here is a typical headline from the BBC news: Dentists are warning people may be getting complacent after figures showed more than one in 10 people do not brush their teeth each day.
The article went on to say that "the number of non-brushers is eight times higher than last year, according to the British Dental Health Foundation poll of over 1,000 people. And only a third were brushing for the full two minutes - as recommended." But there are still those who take dental health seriously, albeit in an unusual way. The survey found that people who flossed regularly were using bizarre objects including drill bits, shoelaces and twigs. Ouch!
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SYNONYMS
contentment, ease, equanimity, fulfilment, gladness, gratification, peace, pleasure, repletion, satisfaction, serenity
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ANTONYMS
discomfort, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sadness, unhappiness
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Complacency is very risky in our business because the competition never sleeps."
