Meaning of Perfectionist | Babel Free
pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪstDefinitions
- Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
- Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life.
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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
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
mükəmməliyyətçi
Català
perfeccionista
Dansk
perfektionist
Ελληνικά
τελειομανής
Español
perfeccionista
Français
perfectionniste
Bahasa Indonesia
perfeksionis
한국어
완벽주의자
Português
perfeccionista
Română
perfecționistă
Svenska
perfektionist
Türkçe
mükemmeliyetçi
Examples
“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 […].”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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