perfectionist
Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet…Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
» I'm not a perfectionist.
Ich bin kein Perfektionist. — wolfgangth
Я не перфекционист. — marafon
Я не перфекционистка. — marafon
Я не перфекціонізм. — deniko
Я не перфекціоністка. — deniko
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3 sensesSomeone 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
(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.
(archaic)Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life.
Examples
31 sentencesI'm not a perfectionist.
Я не перфекціонізм. — deniko
ruЯ не перфекционист. — marafon
deIch bin kein Perfektionist. — wolfgangth
I'm a perfectionist.
Я перфекціоніст. — deniko
ruЯ перфекционист. — marafon
deIch bin ein Perfektionist. — Yorwba
Tom is a perfectionist.
Том — перфекціоніст. — deniko
ruТом — перфекционист. — odexed
deTom ist ein Perfektionist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is a perfectionist, isn't he?
ruТом — перфекционист, нет? — odexed
deTom ist ein Perfektionist, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
I know Tom isn't a perfectionist.
Translations
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Forms
plural: perfectionists| Singular | perfectionist |
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