perfectionist

perfectionist
Synonyms and related words:
Babbitt, Leibnizian, Leibnizian optimist, Middle American, Philistine, Pollyanna, anal character, aspirant, aspirer, bourgeois, bright, burgher, captious critic, censorious, cheerful, chiliast, chiliastic, choicy, choosy, compulsive character, conformer, conformist, conscientious, conventionalist, couleur de rose, critical, demanding, discriminating, discriminative, exacting, fastidious, formalist, fuss-budget, fusspot, fussy, hopeful, hoper, irrepressible optimist, methodologist, meticulous, middle-class type, millenarian, millennialist, millennialistic, millennian, model child, nit-picking, nitpicker, obsessive, optimist, optimistic, organization man, parrot, particular, pedant, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionistic, philosophical optimist, picky, plastic person, precise, precisian, precisianist, precisianistic, precisionist, priggish, prudish, punctilious, purist, puristic, puritanic, ray of sunshine, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, scrupulous, selective, sensitive, sheep, square, stickler, strict, sunny, teenybopper, trimmer, upbeat, utopian, yes-man

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  • perfecţionist — PERFECŢIONÍST, Ă, perfecţionişti, ste, adj., s.m. şi f. 1. (Adept) al perfecţionismului (1). 2. Persoană care suferă de perfecţionism (2). – Din fr. perfectionniste. Trimis de cata, 21.03.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  perfecţioníst s. m., adj. m …   Dicționar Român

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • perfectionist — 1650s, from PERFECTION (Cf. perfection) + IST (Cf. ist). Originally theological, one who believes moral perfection may be attained in earthly existence; sense of one only satisfied with the highest standards is from 1934. Related: Perfectionism …   Etymology dictionary

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  • perfectionist — noun (C) someone who is not satisfied with anything unless it is completely perfect: You did fine! Don t be such a perfectionist. perfectionist adjective perfectionism noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • perfectionist — UK [pə(r)ˈfekʃənɪst] / US [pərˈfekʃ(ə)nɪst] noun [countable] Word forms perfectionist : singular perfectionist plural perfectionists someone who always wants things to be done perfectly Derived word: perfectionism noun uncountable …   English dictionary

  • perfectionist — per·fec·tion·ist sh(ə )nəst n an individual who exhibits or adheres to perfectionism perfectionist also per·fec·tion·is·tic pər .fek shə nis tik adj of, relating to, or characterized by perfectionism …   Medical dictionary

  • perfectionist — per|fec|tion|ist [pəˈfekʃənıst US pər ] n someone who is not satisfied with anything unless it is completely perfect ▪ Many top athletes are perfectionists who drive themselves to excel. >perfectionist adj >perfectionism n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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