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How to pronounce perfectionist in English?

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Type Words
Type of compulsive
Derivation perfection, perfectionism

Examples of perfectionist

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A perfectionist would argue that investors should have seen the bad news coming.
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Are these all symptoms of a paranoid perfectionist tripping into mental illness?
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Poor Sebastian was struggling though, because it turns out he's a perfectionist.
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However, Aunt Millie was an absolute perfectionist when it came to entertaining.
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I finally understood that my perfectionist nature had to take a major step back.
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Terry is a perfectionist, but he was really adamant about not going over budget.
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Beatty, being a perfectionist, often encompassed dozens of takes of every scene.
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A perfectionist, very demanding, but this notion of the importance of pleasure.
From the guardian.co.uk
Still a perfectionist at 76, Mae claims that she will write all her own dialogue.
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More examples
  • A person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards
  • (perfectionism) a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable; "his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students"
  • Perfectionist is the debut studio album by British-born Jamaican singer, songwriter, MC, actress, and director, Natalia Kills. It is set to be released early 2011, although no release date has been set in stone as of yet. ...
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  • (Perfectionism (philosophy)) In ethics and value theory, perfectionism is the persistence of will in obtaining the optimal quality of spiritual, mental, physical, and material being. ...
  • (Perfectionism) The belief that a person can attain a state of sinlesslessness.
  • (Perfectionism) is the belief that one is only okay if one does everything right, knows everything important, and acts in a way that cannot be criticized. ...
  • (perfectionism) 1. Emphasizes an absolute point beyond which there can be no further development. 2. Focus on a quality in man that can exist independently of the abiding Christ. (Ref. CC, p. 46).
  • (perfectionism) The setting of exceptionally high performance standards.