self-satisfying

English

Etymology

self- +‎ satisfying

Adjective

self-satisfying (comparative more self-satisfying, superlative most self-satisfying)

1. Giving satisfaction to oneself.
   • 1959 November, “Talking of Trains: The anti-railway prejudice”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518:

     When one has an intimate knowledge of a business it is easy—and to some extent self-satisfying—to find fault with the way it is run by those in charge.

References

• Ogilvie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).