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There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.
Meg Greenfield

Meaning of "self-satisfaction" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-SATISFACTION

self-satisfaction  [ˌselfsætɪsˈfækʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-SATISFACTION

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Satisfaction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELF-SATISFACTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

self-satisfaction

Pride

Pride is an inwardly directed emotion that carries two common meanings. With a negative connotation, pride refers to an inflated sense of one's personal status or accomplishments, often used synonymously with hubris. With a positive connotation, pride refers to a satisfied sense of attachment toward one's own or another's choices and actions, or toward a whole group of people, and is a product of praise, independent self-reflection, or a fulfilled feeling of belonging. Philosophers and social psychologists have noted that pride is a complex secondary emotion which requires the development of a sense of self and the mastery of relevant conceptual distinctions through language-based interaction with others. Some social psychologists identify it as linked to a signal of high social status. In contrast pride could also be defined as a disagreement with the truth. One definition of pride in the first sense comes from St. Augustine: "the love of one's own excellence". In this sense, the opposite of pride is either humility or guilt; the latter in particular being a sense of one's own failure in contrast to Augustine's notion of excellence.

Definition of self-satisfaction in the English dictionary

The definition of self-satisfaction in the dictionary is smugness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-SATISFACTION


arefaction
ˌærɪˈfækʃən
assuefaction
ˌæswɪˈfækʃən
benefaction
ˌbɛnɪˈfækʃən
calefaction
ˌkælɪˈfækʃən
dissatisfaction
dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
faction
ˈfækʃən
liquefaction
ˌlɪkwɪˈfækʃən
madefaction
ˌmædɪˈfækʃən
olfaction
ɒlˈfækʃən
petrifaction
ˌpɛtrɪˈfækʃən
putrefaction
ˌpjuːtrɪˈfækʃən
rarefaction
ˌrɛərɪˈfækʃən
satisfaction
ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
stupefaction
ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃən
tabefaction
ˌtæbɪˈfækʃən
tepefaction
ˌtɛpɪˈfækʃən
torrefaction
ˌtɒrɪˈfækʃən
tumefaction
ˌtjuːmɪˈfækʃən
unsatisfaction
ˌʌnsætɪsˈfækʃən
vivification
ˌvɪvɪˈfækʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-SATISFACTION

self-sacrifice
self-sacrificing
self-sacrificingly
self-satisfied
self-sealing
self-seeded
self-seeker
self-seeking
self-service
self-serving
self-sown
self-standing
self-starter
self-steering
self-study
self-styled
self-sufficiency
self-sufficient
self-sufficiently
self-sufficing

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-SATISFACTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
fiction
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of self-satisfaction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SELF-SATISFACTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «self-satisfaction» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of self-satisfaction

Translation of «self-satisfaction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-SATISFACTION

Find out the translation of self-satisfaction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-satisfaction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-satisfaction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自我满足
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autosatisfacción
570 millions of speakers

English

self-satisfaction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म संतुष्टि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرضا عن النفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самодовольство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto-satisfação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মতৃপ্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contentement de soi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepuasan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstzufriedenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己満足
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 만족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepuasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tự mản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய திருப்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची समाधान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendini tatmin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

autocompiacimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zadowolenie z siebie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самовдоволення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- satisfacție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - ικανοποίηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- bevrediging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självbelåtenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvtilfredshet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-satisfaction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-SATISFACTION»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-SATISFACTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-satisfaction

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8 QUOTES WITH «SELF-SATISFACTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-satisfaction.
1
Mortimer Adler
If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.
2
Herb Caen
San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.
3
Meg Greenfield
There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.
4
George Michael
The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.
5
Steve Prefontaine
Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
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Steve Prefontaine
You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
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Elmer Rice
When he asked me, with obvious self-satisfaction, what I thought of the scenario, I hardly knew how to answer. I asked if he had seen the play and was hardly surprised when he said no.
8
John Wooden
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-SATISFACTION»

Discover the use of self-satisfaction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-satisfaction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Competence and Motivation
Two key forms of self-reactions to learning efforts have been studied to date: self- satisfaction and adaptive inferences. "Self- satisfaction" refers to perceptions of satisfaction or dissatisfaction and associated affect regarding one's performance.
Andrew J. Elliot, Carol S. Dweck, 2005
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Cengage Advantage Books: Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong
One such defense is the argument from self—satisfaction. The Argument from Self-Satisfaction Stated most simply, the argument from self—satisfaction is this: S. Everyone is an egoist because everyone always tries to do what will bring him or ...
Louis Pojman, James Fieser, 2011
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Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction
If happiness is nothing else than self-satisfaction, then we have no business treating it as a final end. The happy man, he says, is "without substance" because his central achievement in life is the avoidance of love, a commitment to persons  ...
Deal Wyatt Hudson, 1996
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The Social Importance of Self-esteem
In this model, PWB was differentiated into its two measured components, self- satisfaction and personal competence, and the analysis was conducted separately for blacks and whites. Results reveal that entering AFDC had a statistically ...
Andrew M. Mecca, Neil J. Smelser, John Vasconcellos, 1989
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Culture and Well-Being: The Collected Works of Ed Diener
Therefore, we included a measure of cultural homogeneity to determine whether it moderated the correlation of life satisfaction with friend satisfaction, family satisfaction, and self-satisfaction. Note that cultural heterogeneity might have been ...
Ed Diener, 2009
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Satisfaction: A Behavioral Perspective on the Consumer
It has been said that, at some point, value attainment and self-satisfaction and even happiness become essentially indistinguishable from the lay consumer's point of view. Perhaps this is where studies in these fields are moving; further work ...
Richard L. Oliver, 2010
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Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning: Theory, Research, ...
Research had shown that students will choose courses of action that result in self -satisfaction and positive�affect and will avoid courses that produce dissatisfaction and negative affect (Bandura, 1991; Boekaerts & Niemivirta, 2000) .
Dale H. Schunk, Barry J. Zimmerman, 2012
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Lectures on the Ethics of T. H. Green, Mr Herbert Spencer, ...
Pp. 32-33 We go on to ask, What is the meaning of Self- satisfaction 2 - Green allows that the Self of Book I. —a knowing, combining, self - distinguishing, self- objectifying consciousness, which is a reproduction of a similar universal ...
Henry Sidgwick, E. E. Constance Jones, 2011
9
The Human Bible: the Neutral Bible: The Ultimate Self-Help Book
Natural Self-Satisfaction Natural + Self-Satisfaction = You have added together and combined “Natural” & “Self-Satisfaction” to form “Natural Self-Satisfaction”. Then, think (about it): “I must have a natural self-satisfaction in the good that I do ...
Rex Supreme, 2012
10
Self-processes, Learning, and Enabling Human Potential: ...
Learners' self-judgments are linked to two key forms of self-reactions: self- satisfaction and adaptive inferences. Self-satisfaction reactions refer to perceptions of satisfaction or dissatisfaction (and associated affect) regarding one's performance.
Herbert W. Marsh, Rhonda Craven, Dennis M. McInerney, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-SATISFACTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-satisfaction is used in the context of the following news items.
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Take our Windows 10 quiz, win self-satisfaction
Windows 10 has been out for a while now in preview – so you don't really have an excuse to not know about it. Take our quiz before the official release tomorrow ... «Network World, Jul 15»
2
Heed lesson from Heythrop, warns Australian academic
Prominent Australian Jesuit Fr Frank Brennan says the impending closure of Heythrop College in London shows that this is no time for self-satisfaction or ... «The Tablet, Jul 15»
3
What This Country Needs
The Amazing Media Machine, dripping oil and self-satisfaction, roared to new life with Jeb Bush's declaration of his presidential candidacy. At last -- something ... «Town Hall, Jun 15»
4
Student-built home offers more than self-satisfaction
Watch above: High school students in Saskatoon are building homes from the ground up and are getting more out of it than just trades skills. Aaron Streck tells ... «Globalnews.ca, May 15»
5
Satire isn't dead – it's just sick with self-satisfaction
Who had a good election and who had a bad one? In the aftermath of the result, Paul Goodman provided a definitive list of the winners and losers. Well, very ... «Conservative Home, May 15»
6
Dumb at Home and Dumber Abroad
Because of their vile self-satisfaction—nothing else. But where do they get their self-satisfaction? I froze in the middle of the Avenue in order to resolve the ... «CounterPunch, Apr 15»
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Can too much praise turn kids into narcissistic jerks? Yes, says new …
Convincing your child that they really are special amongst their peers may risk turning them into a narcissist, with feelings of superiority and self-satisfaction, ... «6abc.com, Mar 15»
8
'Hey Bro' review: Written for Ganesh's self-satisfaction
It tries to generate laughter out of a plot written for the choreographer's self-satisfaction. The plot about non-identical twins hinges on two unlikely brothers thrown ... «Zee News, Mar 15»
9
I don't know much biology, but I do know human nature
At the same time, none of this excuses the tremendous self-satisfaction with which many a modern scientist goes about his or her work and the widely-held ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
10
Racy Billboard on Sunset Strip Promotes Porn Site and Self
There's also the slogan “All You Need Is Hand” and an image of two hands curled in a manner suggesting both love (a heart) and sexual self-satisfaction. “I can't ... «WEHOville, Nov 14»

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