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US
/pɝˈfɛkʃənəst, pɝˈfɛkʃənɪst/
]
[ UK /pəfˈɛkʃənˌɪst/ ]
[ UK /pəfˈɛkʃənˌɪst/ ]
NOUN
- a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards
How To Use perfectionist In A Sentence
- Some people are perfectionists, constantly striving for excellence.
- In recognition of this iconoclast, pioneer, perfectionist and undisputed king of the tailored suit, we present five things you didn't know about Armani -- the man and the empire.
- Or again, he was an amazingly neat gardener, one might almost say a perfectionist.
- DJ worked until late Thursday night (well, late for a 9 year old), making a cover for his report, rewording the report three or four times, making the cover over again… it's tough being a perfectionist.
- She's such a perfectionist that she notices even the tiniest mistakes.
- He was a perfectionist: no other hand but his could be put to the tasks of nailing and planing and staining. GALILEE
- With the help of his friends, he turns to a corporate workaholic perfectionist lawyer.
- Back when I was perfectionist youngster I would have taken each missed shot as a personal affront.
- My surgeon had a national reputation and was known as a perfectionist. Roger Ebert: 'I'm happy I don't look worse'
- Hence, Marxist perfectionists argue, resources in a communist society should be distributed so as to encourage people to achieve self-realization through cooperative production.