perfectionist
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perfectionist
- /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/ US
noun perfectionists
- Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
- Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life. I have read in some of our perfectionists enough to make a better man than myself either run into madness or despair about the grace you mention […].
- One of the Bible Communists or Free-lovers, a small American sect founded by J. H. Noyes (1811-86), which settled at Oneida in 1848, holding that the gospel if accepted secures freedom from sin.
adjective more perfectionist · most perfectionist
- Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards. perfectionistic parents
- Inclined or related to perfectionism.
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noun person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect
| Español | perfeccionista |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 완벽주의자 wanbyeokjuuija |
| 日本語 | 完全主義者 kanzenshugisha, 完璧主義者 kanpekishugisha |
| 中文 | 完美主義者 /完美主义者 wánměi zhǔyì zhě |
| Português | perfeccionista |
| Français | perfectionniste |
| Deutsch | Perfektionist, Perfektionistin |
| Italiano | perfezionista |
| Ελληνικά | τελειομανής teleiomanís, τελειοθήρας teleiothíras |
| Română | perfecționist, perfecționistă |
| Русский | перфекциони́ст perfekcioníst, перфекциони́стка perfekcionístka |
adj inclined or related to perfectionism
| Español | perfeccionista |
|---|---|
| Português | perfeccionista |
| Français | perfectionniste |
| Deutsch | perfektionistisch |
| Italiano | perfezionista, perfezionistico |
| Română | perfecționist |
| Русский | перфекциони́стский perfekcionístskij |
| العربية | كَمَالِيّ kamāliyy |
Talk about this word "perfectionist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/perfectionist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. perfectionist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/perfectionist "perfectionist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/perfectionist.
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@misc{perfectionist_2026,
title = {perfectionist},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/perfectionist},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
