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smugness



NOUN
complacency
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The fact that she never brought His Smugness aboard as a Lakers executive should’ve been a clue.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2017

Smugness turns to vulnerability with the drop of his eyebrow.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2017

The photo, a portrait of Out Of Control Smugness of Our Times, is all sun-kissed, faux bonhomie, but reveals a Necker pecking order.

From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2013

Smugness can put an iron curtain around us as effectively, as government can.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smugness was easy in a world without dust or carrion smell or craters that had been factories.

From Victory by Del Rey, Lester




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