PERFECTIONIST

perfectionist

(noun) a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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.]

Adjective

perfectionist (comparative more perfectionist, superlative most perfectionist)

Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards.

(philosophy) Inclined or related to perfectionism.

Source: Wiktionary

Per*fec"tion*ist, n.

Definition: One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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