Associations to the word «Smugness»

Wiktionary

SMUGNESS, noun. (uncountable) The state or quality of being smug.
SMUGNESS, noun. (countable) The result or product of being smug.

Dictionary definition

SMUGNESS, noun. An excessive feeling of self-satisfaction.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke