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The phrase "a complacency of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of self-satisfaction or a lack of concern about potential dangers or deficiencies.
Example: "There was a complacency of attitude among the team, which ultimately led to their failure to meet the project deadline."
Alternatives: "a sense of complacency" or "an air of complacency".
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"In both Europe and Japan, there's a complacency of low expectations," Mr. Summers said.
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"They think there has been a complacency in some of our Labour heartlands for far too long.
"Takeover" is also a reproach to the complacency of a press corps that lubricated the tracks for this administration's executive power grab.
But I worry that Mr Rogoff is actually feeding a complacency about the dangers of inequality.
It aims, instead, to cast a skeptical eye on the brutality and complacency of a society that ruthlessly sorts its members into winners and losers.
But it lands a kidney punch on the complacency of the political classes.
He remains, for all of us, a challenge to complacency and a model of integrity.
A slight whiff of complacency pervades the groves of the capital, Canberra.
He said it was not the result of complacency or a sense of entitlement.
It was a devastating exposé of complacency in an industry which has no room for that.
It was not set before the public with the confidence - still less the complacency - of an established master.
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