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Definition of Perfectionist
1. Noun. A person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards.
Definition of Perfectionist
1. n. One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life.
Definition of Perfectionist
1. Noun. One who has a propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perfectionist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perfectionist
Literary usage of Perfectionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Christian Socialism: A Conversational Exposition of the True by Adin Ballou (1854)
"Explanation of the appellation—perfectionist Communities— Their origin—Mr.
JH Noyes, some account of him; extract from First Annual Report of the ..."
2. Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace-book Designed for the Use by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1909)
"В. The perfectionist,—-which holds that the Christian may, in this life, ...
For statements of the perfectionist view, see John Wesley's Christian Theology, ..."
3. Noyesism Unveiled: A History of the Sect Self-styled Perfectionists : with a by Hubbard Eastman (1849)
"perfectionist Creed—Theses of the Second Reformation. ... We shall in the first
place give the perfectionist Creed, at least so far as it has been presented ..."
4. The Poet's Tribute by William Bingham Tappan (1840)
"Go, proud perfectionist! approach the throne Wrapt in thy self-wrought righteousness
alone ; And scorning thus the Saviour's crimsoned robe, Look greatly ..."
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