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Perfectionism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Perfectionism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable

"his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students"

2

An unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection.

See Also
unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection obsessive compulsive personality disorder perfectionistic belief that spiritual perfection may be achieved during life or that it should be striven for perfectionist perfectibility idealism kubrickian
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
disposition
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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