perfectionismnoun [ U ]
uk/pəˈfek.ʃən.ɪ.zəm/us/pɚˈfek.ʃən.ɪ.zəm/the wish for everything to be correct or perfect:
Obsessive perfectionism can be very irritating.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- pedantic
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- pettifogging
- purist
- stickler
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