completist

[ kuhm-plee-tist ]

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noun

a person who attempts to complete a collection or set, especially a collector who wants to collect an example of every item in a particular field: I'd only recommend this movie to Hepburn completists.
This recording is a must for obsessive Sinatra completists.
I'd only recommend this movie to Hepburn completists.
completionist ( def 1 ).

completist

/ kəmˈpliːtɪst /

noun

a person who collects objects or memorabilia obsessively
ardent John Wayne completists

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Word History and Origins

Origin of completist¹

First recorded in 1950–55; complet(e) ( def ) + -ist ( def )

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Example Sentences

Even if you’re a completist of the highest order — and there certainly are folks like that in the Madonnaverse — your experience won’t be sullied or buoyed much by the mixes included or excluded.

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