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self-content

[self-kuhn-tent, self-] / ˈsɛlf kənˈtɛnt, ˌsɛlf- /




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Cricket is linked with the Golden Age of English power and self-content, the idyll that supposedly existed before the First World War.

From Newsweek

You go serenely on your way, wrapped in a cloak of supreme self-content and satisfaction.

From Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story by Le Feuvre, Amy

As Dick climbed in beside her, she bent her head to Lestrange; if she had regretted her impulsive confidence, again the clear sanity and calm of the gray eyes she encountered established self-content.

From The Flying Mercury by Frederick, Edmund

Since I crossed the Tigris, I know not that I have felt such self-content.

From Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

His only expression was that of haughty self-content; but there was no real pride in his bearing, and no reserve.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth