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perfectionist

[per-fek-shuh-nist]

per·fec·tion·ist

[per-fek-shuh-nist]
noun
1.
a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
2.
a person who demands perfection of himself, herself, or others.
adjective
3.
of, pertaining to, or distinguished by perfection or perfectionism.

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Perfectionist is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1650–60; perfection + -ist

per·fec·tion·is·tic, adjective
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perfectionist (pəˈfɛkʃənɪst)
 
n
1.  a person who strives for or demands the highest standards of excellence in work, etc
2.  a person who believes the doctrine of perfectionism
 
adj
3.  of or relating to perfectionism

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