Sekirov Dictionary

perfectionist

/pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/

noun 3
adjective 2
forms 3

noun3

Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
(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.
•
(no longer used) Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life.
- I have read in some of our perfectionists enough to make a better man than myself either run into madness or despair about the grace you mention […]. — 1748

adjective2

•
Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards.
- perfectionistic parents
Inclined or related to perfectionism.

forms

perfectionists · more perfectionist · most perfectionist

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome