GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Selbstgefälligkeit

smugness; self-satisfaction

Seine Selbstgefälligkeit machte jede Aussprache mühsam, weil er selbst berechtigte Einwände nur als Bestätigung seiner Überlegenheit deutete.

His smugness made every attempt to talk things through laborious, because he interpreted even legitimate objections as confirmation of his superiority.

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