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complacency

noun/kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/

a feeling of satisfaction with oneself or achieved goals that can lead to a lack of awareness of potential dangers or deficiencies

His complacency after achieving the promotion blinded him to the challenges that lay ahead, making him underestimate his competitors.

self-satisfactionsmugnesscontentment
word origin — from Latin 'complacere' meaning 'to please very much, to please entirely'