Definition of "smugness" [smug•ness]

• The state or quality of being smug. (noun)
• The result or product of being smug. (noun)

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• "But my motivation was “a good deed for the day” and my partner in smugness on this occasion, was mum whose ex Fleetline."
• "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."
• "Such smugness is in fact common among many cultural revolutions."