SMUGNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An excessive feeling of self-satisfaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("smugness" is a kind of...):

complacence; complacency; self-complacency; self-satisfaction (the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself)

Derivation:

smug (marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction)

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