Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - self-satisfaction

Self-satisfaction is the feeling you have when you are self-satisfied. He tried hard not to smile in smug self-satisfaction. = smugness N-UNCOUNT SELF-SATISFIED If you describe someone as self-satisfied, you mean that they are too pleased with themselves about their achievements or their situation and they think that nothing better is possible. She handed the cigar back to Jason with a self-satisfied smile. = smug ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval