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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy.
  • noun An instance of contented self-satisfaction.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.
  • noun An instance of self-satisfaction

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

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