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perˈfectionism
[f. after perfectionist: see -ism.]
1. A system or doctrine of religious, moral, social, or political perfection; esp. the theory that moral perfection can be or has been attained by man; spec. (with capital P) the system of the Perfectionists of Oneida Creek, N.Y.
1846Worcester cites Ch. Ob. 1870Athenæum 5 Feb. 187 Oneida Creek Perfectionism. 1890Spectator 19 July, Professor Dicey..does not arrive at his conclusions by any reference to abstract theories or appeals to political perfectionism. 1892Academy 2 July 25/2 He [Tolstoy] continues to develope his cherished ideas on the subject of perfectionism and self-improvement.
2. Refusal to accept any standard short of perfection.
1937Nation (N.Y.) 30 Oct. 465/2 Labor..cannot afford perfectionism. 1945F. D. Roosevelt Public Papers & Addresses 1944–5 (1950) 498 Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. 1957Listener 24 Oct. 642/1 Sir Lewis Namier once gave up writing a book he had planned because some manuscripts in private hands were not made available to him. This was a fine example of scientific perfectionism. 1968P. B. Austin On Being Swedish iii. 21 Perfectionism always implies, at a deeper level, its opposite. |