Self-satisfaction

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-satisfaction \Self`-sat`is*fac"tion\, n.
     The quality or state of being self-satisfied.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-satisfaction
       n : the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself;
           "his complacency was absolutely disgusting" [syn: {complacency},
            {complacence}, {self-complacency}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-satisfaction":
     amour-propre, autoeroticism, bovinity, complacence, complacency,
     consequentiality, ego trip, narcism, narcissism, overproudness,
     overweening pride, self-admiration, self-approbation,
     self-complacency, self-congratulation, self-content,
     self-contentedness, self-delight, self-endearment, self-esteem,
     self-gratulation, self-importance, self-infatuation, self-love,
     self-respect, self-sufficiency, self-worship, smugness,
     vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, vanity