perfectionist

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪzm̩/

Noun

archaic US historical

Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

Japanese Meaning

完璧主義者：完璧でないものや非常に高い基準に達していないものを受け入れない人

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As a perfectionist, she would rewrite her reports late into the night until every detail met her impossible standards.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

完璧主義者の彼女は、すべての細部が自分の非常に高い基準を満たすまで、夜遅くまで報告書を書き直していた。

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Sense（1）

Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

Sense（2）

(philosophy, now rare) Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life.

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 […].

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Sense（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.

perfectionists

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