perfectionist
US/pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/
perfectionist noun: someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
Noun
perfectionist (plural 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 […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...
- 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
perfectionist (comparative more perfectionist, superlative most perfectionist)
- Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards.
- perfectionistic parents
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:perfectionist.
- Inclined or related to perfectionism.
perfectionist meaning in Malayalam, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic
perfectionist in Malayalam
- person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect
- പൂർണ്ണതാവാദി pūṟṇṇatāvādi
perfectionist in Kannada
- person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect
- ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣತಾವಾದಿ paripūrṇatāvādi, ಪರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣತಾಕಾಂಕ್ಷಿ pari pūrṇatākāṅkṣi, ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣತಾನ್ವೇಷಕ paripūrṇatānvēṣaka
perfectionist in Tagalog
- person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect
- perpeksiyonista
perfectionist in Arabic
- inclined or related to perfectionism
- كَمَالِيّ kamāliyy
Forms of perfectionist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | perfectionists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more perfectionist |
| superlative | most perfectionist |
Origin of perfectionist
From perfection + -ist.
Questions about perfectionist
- What does perfectionist mean?
- Perfectionist means someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
- What is perfectionist in Malayalam?
- Perfectionist in Malayalam is പൂർണ്ണതാവാദി (pūṟṇṇatāvādi). See Perfectionist meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is perfectionist?
- Perfectionist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce perfectionist?
- Perfectionist is pronounced /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/ (US).
- What is the plural of perfectionist?
- The plural of perfectionist is perfectionists.
Words near perfectionist in the dictionary
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