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perfectionist.

Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

13 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/US

  1. Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

  2. Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life.

    archaic

  3. 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.

    US · historical
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/US

  1. Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards.

    perfectionistic parents

  2. Inclined or related to perfectionism.

Where this word comes from

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.

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