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Definitions for perfectionist
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Princeton's WordNet
perfectionistnoun
a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards
GCIDE
Perfectionistnoun
A person who insists on perfect results from himself or from others, in any endeavor.
Wiktionary
perfectionistnoun
One who has a propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
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perfectionist
A perfectionist is a person who strives for flawlessness and sets excessively high performance standards, often accompanied by overly critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations. They tend to have a strong desire to achieve the absolute best in everything they do, and they may not be satisfied with anything less.
Webster Dictionary
Perfectionistnoun
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
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of perfectionist in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of perfectionist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of perfectionist in a Sentence
I'm a perfectionist, so earning all A's was something I had to do, being valedictorian was just a by-product of that.
As a guitarist, songwriter and visionary he was a perfectionist and a unique man, he always stuck to his guns and did and said exactly what he wanted. He took great pride in all that he endeavored. His loyalty to the fans was unsurpassed. Rock band AC/DC, from left, Brian Johnson, Malcolm Young, Phil Rudd, Angus Young, and Cliff Williams performing on stage during a concert in German in 2003. ((AP Photo/Jan Pitman).
I put a lot of work into it, along the years I’ve learned all the different brushes in Photoshop. I’m a perfectionist and these two men, they deserve everything I had to give.
Robert D. Kaplan, Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos (Book):
It is easy to be a moral perfectionist when one is politically unaccountable.
There are about 3 million notes in a two-and-a-half-hour musical; being a perfectionist, it took me a long time to realize that if I'm hitting 75 percent of them, I'm succeeding, performing isn't only about the acrobatics and the high notes: It's staying in the moment, connecting with the audience in an authentic way, and making yourself real to them through the music.
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- perfeccionistaCatalan, Valencian
- perfektionistDanish
- Perfektionistin, PerfektionistGerman
- τελειομανήςGreek
- perfeccionistaSpanish
- کمال گراPersian
- perfektionistiFinnish
- perfectionnisteFrench
- पूर्णतावादीHindi
- perfezionistaItalian
- 完璧主義者Japanese
- perfeksjonistNorwegian
- perfectionistDutch
- perfeksjonistNorwegian Nynorsk
- perfekcjonistaPolish
- перфекциони́стка, перфекциони́стRussian
- perfektionistSwedish
- 完美主義者Chinese
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