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perfectionist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English perfection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English perfectionist From perfection + -ist.

Meanings

1. Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards.
   • perfectionistic parents
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:perfectionist.
2. Inclined or related to perfectionism.

Forms

Translations (18)

de perfektionistisch (inclined or related to perfectionism) · nl perfectionistisch (inclined or related to perfectionism) · sh перфекционѝстичкӣ (inclined or related to perfectionism) · it perfezionistico (inclined or related to perfectionism) · fi perfektionistinen (inclined or related to perfectionism) · ru перфекциони́стский (inclined or related to perfectionism) · pl perfekcjonistyczny (inclined or related to perfectionism) · ro perfecționist (inclined or related to perfectionism) · ca perfeccionista (inclined or related to perfectionism) · it perfezionista (inclined or related to perfectionism) · cs perfekcionistický (inclined or related to perfectionism) · es perfeccionista (inclined or related to perfectionism) · sh perfekcionìstičkī (inclined or related to perfectionism) · hu maximalista (inclined or related to perfectionism) · pt perfeccionista (inclined or related to perfectionism) · fr perfectionniste (inclined or related to perfectionism) · da perfektionistisk (inclined or related to perfectionism) · ar كَمَالِيّ (inclined or related to perfectionism)

perfectionist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English perfection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English perfectionist From perfection + -ist.

Meanings

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, […], →OCLC:
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.

Forms

Relateds

perfectionism · perfectionistic

Translations (49)

el τελειοθήρας (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · ja 完全主義者 (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · cs perfekcionistka (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · hu maximalista (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · uk перфекціоні́стка (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · kn ಪರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣತಾಕಾಂಕ್ಷಿ (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · ru перфекциони́стка (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · pl perfekcjonista (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · kn ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣತಾವಾದಿ (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · kn ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣತಾನ್ವೇಷಕ (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · be перфекцыяні́стка (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · tl perpeksiyonista (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · ja 完璧主義者 (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · pl perfekcjonistka (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · el τελειομανής (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · tr mükemmeliyetçi (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · be перфекцыяні́ст (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · et perfektsionist (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · fr perfectionniste (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · et täiuslikkuseihaleja (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · ml പൂർണ്ണതാവാദി (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · nn perfeksjonist (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · nl perfectionist (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · it perfezionista (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · ro perfecționistă (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · sh перфекцио̀нист (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · az mükəmməliyyətçi (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · pt perfeccionista (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · cmn 完美主義者 /完美主义者 (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · nl perfectioniste (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · sv perfektionist (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · cs perfekcionista (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · fi perfektionisti (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · ru перфекциони́ст (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · da perfektionist (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · ca perfeccionista (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · sh perfekciònistica (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · uk перфекціоні́ст (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · sk perfekcionistka (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · is fullkomnunarsinni (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · ko 완벽주의자 (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · sh перфекцио̀нистица (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · ro perfecționist (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · de Perfektionistin (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · nb perfeksjonist (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · sh perfekciònist (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · de Perfektionist (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · sk perfekcionista (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) · es perfeccionista (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect)