perfectionist

== English == === Etymology === From perfection + -ist. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/ === Noun === perfectionist (plural perfectionists) Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. [from 20th c.] (philosophy, now rare) Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life. [from 17th c.] (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. [from 19th c.] ==== Related terms ==== perfectionism perfectionistic ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === perfectionist (comparative more perfectionist, superlative most perfectionist) Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards. For quotations using this term, see Citations:perfectionist. (philosophy) Inclined or related to perfectionism. ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === By surface analysis, French perfection +‎ -ist. === Pronunciation === (Netherlands) IPA(key): /pɛrˌfɛk.ʃoːˈnɪst/, /ˌpɛr.fɛk.ʃoːˈnɪst/, /pər-/ (Belgium) IPA(key): /pɛr.fɛk.s(i.)joːˈnɪst/ Hyphenation: per‧fec‧ti‧o‧nist Rhymes: -ɪst === Noun === perfectionist m (plural perfectionisten, diminutive perfectionistje n, feminine perfectioniste) perfectionist ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: perfeksionis