Complicated talking about this because there’s a sort of cultural pull/force that takes any attempt at a description of a neutral self-assessment and adds “shallow, selfish, narcissist” connotations That said, IMO lots of smug people hate themselves, they “just” hate others more
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Smugness is often... hating yourself, but loving and admiring the part that does the hating
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It depends on whether you like the smug person or not
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Semantics are tricky here. If “liking yourself” = “accepting yourself”, then no. Otherwise, yes. I am using the zen notion of non-attachment to ego as the test here.
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Smugness is an assumed (moral/intellectual/etc) superiority. It’s a fragile intellectualized argument to assure the self that its “good enough” by telling it that it’s “better than”. Smugness is a self-protective shield.
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I thought smugness was about a particular incident/occurrence and not a general state of mind. Smugness is acute, self-satisfaction and self-liking are chronic?
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No. I hate myself most days but I'm always smug af. The latter is a style of communication, not a feeling about oneself.
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(this style, however, derives much of its effect from other people confusing the two. IRL revealing you hate yourself is a social death sentence usually)
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Smugness feels to me like you dislike or look down on other people. Self-satisfied doesn't imply any feelings about others.
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Yeah agreed. You can be smug because, for example, you have a nicer car compared to your peers, but still lack internal self belief
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