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self-satisfied

adjective as in pleased with oneself

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She said its "viscerally, uncomfortably familiar take on entitled masculinity" is "delivered with a self-satisfied smile, as a gossamer cover to the violent rage below".

From BBC

The Republican Party, therefore, has been very good at winning the argument while the Democrats remain smug and self-satisfied that they have “the facts” on their side.

From Salon

I see an accomplished power player in midlife at the peak of a highly successful TV writing career, self-satisfied and oozing with agency.

And yes, it's hard not to look at these self-satisfied moral monsters without feeling despair.

From Salon

I glanced at the man sitting across the carpet from Samir—an elder from the East, with a mustache as thin as a razor and the self-satisfied look of an educated man.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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