Complaisance
noun
The desire to please or satisfy others.
His wife's complaisance made her unwilling to argue.
Often appears as...
- show complaisance
- absolute complaisance
noun
The willingness to behave or act in ways that others wish.
Clerks with a high degree of complaisance are more likely to receive tips from customers.
Often appears as...
- demonstrate complaisance
- complaisance in service
noun
The desire to please or satisfy others.
His wife's complaisance made her unwilling to argue.
Often appears as...
- show complaisance
- absolute complaisance
noun
The willingness to behave or act in ways that others wish.
Clerks with a high degree of complaisance are more likely to receive tips from customers.
Often appears as...
- demonstrate complaisance
- complaisance in service
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understanding when complaisance is expected or valued can vary by culture.
In many Eastern cultures, her complaisance was considered a virtue.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Weakness
Complaisance is willingness to please, not a sign of weakness or inferiority.
His complaisance at work led to a harmonious team, not to being overlooked.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Nuance
'Complaisance' often carries a positive connotation, reflecting kindness or good manners.
Her complaisance in always helping others earned her many friends.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understanding when complaisance is expected or valued can vary by culture.
In many Eastern cultures, her complaisance was considered a virtue.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Weakness
Complaisance is willingness to please, not a sign of weakness or inferiority.
His complaisance at work led to a harmonious team, not to being overlooked.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Nuance
'Complaisance' often carries a positive connotation, reflecting kindness or good manners.
Her complaisance in always helping others earned her many friends.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understanding when complaisance is expected or valued can vary by culture.
In many Eastern cultures, her complaisance was considered a virtue.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Weakness
Complaisance is willingness to please, not a sign of weakness or inferiority.
His complaisance at work led to a harmonious team, not to being overlooked.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Nuance
'Complaisance' often carries a positive connotation, reflecting kindness or good manners.
Her complaisance in always helping others earned her many friends.
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Ari Aster
American Director
My films typically veer towards the darker side, and I enjoy turning things on the audience. I really enjoy working in genre because people come into the film with certain expectations, and they know the tropes so well that when you turn on those, it can be really shocking. There's a complaisance that comes with watching those films.
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Agnes Repplier
American Writer
It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
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Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.
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Ari Aster
American Director
My films typically veer towards the darker side, and I enjoy turning things on the audience. I really enjoy working in genre because people come into the film with certain expectations, and they know the tropes so well that when you turn on those, it can be really shocking. There's a complaisance that comes with watching those films.
Quote examples
Agnes Repplier
American Writer
It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
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Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.
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