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How to pronounce “perfectionist”

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Pronunciation guide for perfectionist

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Practice the English pronunciation of perfectionist with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
How Music Helped Me Live Through Long COVIDI'm a performer, a perfectionist.
Definition summary
Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. [from 20th c.]

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How to pronounce perfectionist

How Music Helped Me Live Through Long COVID

I'm a performer, a perfectionist.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “perfectionist”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • 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]
  • Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards.
  • (philosophy) Inclined or related to perfectionism.

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