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perfectionists

perfectionists is the plural of perfectionist.

Meaning of perfectionist

Noun

perfectionist (plural perfectionists)

  1. Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
  2. (archaic) 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, […]...
  3. (US, historical) 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.

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Questions about perfectionists

What is perfectionists the plural of?
Perfectionists is the plural of perfectionist.

Words near perfectionists in the dictionary

  1. perfectionism
  2. perfectionisms
  3. perfectionist
  4. perfectionistic
  5. perfectionistically
  6. perfectionists
  7. perfectionitis
  8. perfectionize
  9. perfectionized
  10. perfectionizes
  11. perfectionizing

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