Meaning

3 senses
  1. Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

    Perfektionist, Perfektionistin

    перфекциони́стperfekcioníst, перфекциони́сткаperfekcionístka

    перфекціоні́стperfekcioníst, перфекціоні́сткаperfekcionístka

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

  2. (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.

  3. (archaic)Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. I'm not a perfectionist.

    Я не перфекціонізм. — deniko

    ruЯ не перфекционист. — marafon

    deIch bin kein Perfektionist. — wolfgangth

  2. I'm a perfectionist.

    Я перфекціоніст. — deniko

    ruЯ перфекционист. — marafon

    deIch bin ein Perfektionist. — Yorwba

  3. Tom is a perfectionist.

    Том — перфекціоніст. — deniko

    ruТом — перфекционист. — odexed

    deTom ist ein Perfektionist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom is a perfectionist, isn't he?

    ruТом — перфекционист, нет? — odexed

    deTom ist ein Perfektionist, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  5. I know Tom isn't a perfectionist.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect:
Русский
By meaning 1
person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect:

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