complacency
Contentment without vigilance
Complacency is self-satisfied contentment that blinds you to problems or dangers.
It suggests being so comfortable with the current state that you stop paying attention or making effort: Success bred complacency, and the company failed to innovate.
The word nearly always carries criticism—complacency is what you accuse others of, or warn against in yourself.
Pleasure from one's achievements
- overconfidenceUnjustified certainty in oneself
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
superiority · self-righteousness · presumption · egotism · vanity · haughtiness · pompousness · snobbery
Lack of interest
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- passivityState of non-resistance
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
- disinterestAbsence of bias
lethargy · nonchalance · detachment · listlessness · torpor · unresponsiveness · disengagement · negligence
State of fulfilled desires
- easeLack of strain
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- comfortablenessState of physical ease
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
status quo · relaxation · security · calmness · settledness · equanimity · repose · quietude
self-satisfaction
Pleasure from one's achievements
- overconfidenceUnjustified certainty in oneself
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
conceit · superiority · self-righteousness · presumption · egotism · vanity · haughtiness · pompousness · snobbery · pride
indifference
Lack of interest
disinterest · lethargy · nonchalance · detachment · listlessness · torpor · unresponsiveness · disengagement · negligence · slackness
satisfaction
State of fulfilled desires
- easeLack of strain
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- comfortablenessState of physical ease
serenity · status quo · relaxation · security · calmness · settledness · equanimity · repose · quietude · tranquility
- human flawsmistake, error, flaw, fault, failing
- work flawsincompetence, underperformance, inefficiency, poor judgment, inadequacy
- unpreparednessunpreparedness, unreadiness, unpracticed, untrained, inexperience
- market sentimentbullish, bearish, bullishness, bearishness, optimism
- operator psychologydriver fatigue, pilot fatigue, mental workload, cognitive load, human error
- mental blocksmental block, self-doubt, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-criticism
complacencyambition
Desire for achievement
drive · hunger · striving · aspiration · determination
complacencyself-doubt
Uncertainty about oneself
humility · self-criticism · insecurity · self-loathing · self-questioning