Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word self-contentedness.
Examples
-
The well-fed man is an animal because satiety is the self-contentedness of the body.
-
The well-fed man is an animal because satiety is the self-contentedness of the body.
The Man Who Was Afraid Maksim Gorky 1902
-
His mind was full of that intense spiritual life of Catherine's which in its wonderful self-contentedness and strength was always a marvel, sometimes a reproach to him.
Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885
-
The two qualities seem naturally to combine into that self-containedness (very different from self-contentedness) which distinguishes Chaucer, and which helps to give to his writings a manliness of tone, the direct opposite of the irretentive querulousness found in so great a number of poets in all times.
Chaucer Adolphus William Ward 1880
-
He would mention the ten years of his life, from twenty-five to thirty-five years of age, as a period very deficient in self-contentedness.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
-
And the self-contentedness of the spirit also turns man into animal.”
-
And the self-contentedness of the spirit also turns man into animal. "
The Man Who Was Afraid Maksim Gorky 1902
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.