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Princeton's WordNet

  1. perfectionistnoun

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

GCIDE

  1. Perfectionistnoun

    A person who insists on perfect results from himself or from others, in any endeavor.

Wiktionary

  1. 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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  1. 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

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Perfectionist in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Perfectionist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Perfectionist in a Sentence

  1. Prashant Agarwal:

    Any person can be a perfectionist but he may need to give proper time to attain mastery and during this time, he needs to carry utmost patience and composure. Because results are not just a click away, you need to put best of your efforts even if you fail and once you get fail, you need to start it all again, which needs a lot of strength and patience. Thus, patience would make you prepared for the upcoming outcomes. Make patience your asset, success would eventually become your treasure.

  2. Jacqueline Bisset:

    I'm a perfectionist. I need to be needed. I need to do things for a man. But I don't need to do them as much, these days.

  3. Angus Young:

    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).

  4. Andrew Liakos:

    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.

  5. The Tony winning actress:

    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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