smugness

IPA: smˈʌgnʌs

noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being smug.
  • (countable) The result or product of being smug.
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Examples of "smugness" in Sentences

  • Mike Arrington: “Google smugness is at an all time high.”
  • Such smugness is in fact common among many cultural revolutions.
  • I think other than that the smugness is just about equal between the two.
  • I almost would avoid a term like ignorance, because it implies a certain smugness on the part of the person using it.
  • But my motivation was “a good deed for the day” and my partner in smugness on this occasion, was mum whose ex Fleetline.
  • Kristina Graber, of Three Rivers, Calif., wrote, As a hybrid-vehicle owner, I have come to recognize a certain smugness hybrid ownership brings.
  • Smugness is, as you note, never an attractive trait -- whether or not the smugness is justified, and whether or not the source is entirely flawless.
  • This is what preserves the shentong view from nihilism, and from a certain smugness bred of holding the ultimate philosophical joker up your sleeve.

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