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completists

completists is the plural of completist.

Meaning of completist

Noun

completist (plural completists)

  1. A collector who strives to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing, especially a fan who aims to own or consume the complete output of a particular author, publisher, musician or band.
    • completist - A dope who tries to have a complete collection in some line. The line may be as broad as having all the prozines ever published, or as narrow as collecting all the Golden Atom tales or all official correspondence during one's incumbency in some office. […][1944, John Bristol Speer, Fancyclopedia, Completist
  2. A person who champions any philosophy which focuses on the completeness of something.
    • A completist philosopher holds that a definite complete body of knowledge exists to be discovered.

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Questions about completists

What is completists the plural of?
Completists is the plural of completist.

Words near completists in the dictionary

  1. completionist
  2. completionists
  3. completions
  4. completism
  5. completist
  6. completists
  7. completive
  8. completively
  9. completives
  10. completo
  11. completories

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