different between perfectionistic vs perfectionist

English

Etymology

perfectionist +? -ic

Adjective

perfectionistic (comparative more perfectionistic, superlative most perfectionistic)

1. Perfectionist.

   perfectionistic parents

Related terms

• perfectionism
• perfectionist

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English

Etymology

From perfection +? -ist.

Pronunciation

Noun

perfectionist (plural perfectionists)

1. Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. [from 20th c.]
2. (philosophy, now rare) Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life. [from 17th c.]
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 116:

     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 […].

3. (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.]

Related terms

• perfectionism
• perfectionistic

Translations

Adjective

perfectionist (comparative more perfectionist, superlative most perfectionist)

1. Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:perfectionist.
2. (philosophy) Inclined or related to perfectionism.

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