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per·fec·tion·ist    Audio Help   [per-fek-shuh-nist] Pronunciation Key
–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.

[Origin: 1650–60; perfection + -ist]

per·fec·tion·is·tic, adjective
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per·fec·tion·ism    Audio Help   (pər-fěk'shə-nĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
  2. A belief in certain religions that moral or spiritual perfection can be achieved before the soul has passed into the afterlife.

per·fec'tion·ist adj. & n., per·fec'tion·is'tic adj.
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perfectionist

noun
a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards 

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perˈfectionist [-ʃə-] noun
a person who is only satisfied if what he is doing is perfect
Example: She's a perfectionist — her work is perfect in every detail.
Arabic: مُتْقِن، من يَنْشُد الكَمال
Chinese (Simplified): 追求尽善尽美的人
Chinese (Traditional): 追求盡善盡美的人
Czech: puntičkář
Danish: perfektionist
Dutch: perfectionist
Estonian: perfektsionist
Finnish: perfektionisti
French: perfectionniste
German: der, *die Perfektionist(in)
Greek: τελειομανής
Hungarian: maximalista
Icelandic: maður með fullkomnunaráráttu
Indonesian: perfeksionis
Italian: perfezionista
Japanese: 完全主義者
Korean: 완벽주의자
Latvian: perfekcionists, pilnības meklētājs
Lithuanian: tobulumo siekiantis žmogus
Norwegian: perfeksjonist
Polish: perfekcjonista
Portuguese (Brazil): perfeccionista
Portuguese (Portugal): perfeccionista
Romanian: perfecţionist
Russian: человек, добивающийся во всём совершенства
Slovak: puntičkár
Slovenian: perfekcionist
Spanish: perfeccionista
Swedish: perfektionist
Turkish: mükemmeliyetçi
See also: perfectly, perfection, perfect

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Perfectionist

Per*fec"tion*ist\, n. One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life. --South.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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