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perfectionist

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1. perfectionist - Noun

2. perfectionist - Adjective

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A perfectionist, he remained in all respects a diligent, if somewhat obsessive and pedantic worker. Source: Internet

A perfectionist, Polanski had little patience with the inexperienced Tate, and said in an interview that one scene had required 70 takes before he was satisfied. Source: Internet

As a teen she already manifested the traits, as she described, of "both a realist and a perfectionist, pursued by an uncompromising passion for carrying through." Source: Internet

A perfectionist, her fire is so hot that it is blue, and her control over lightning has caused her to do severe damage, nearly killing the Avatar. Source: Internet

By the end of filming, Eastwood had finally had enough of Leone's perfectionist directorial traits. Source: Internet

A perfectionist regarding the art of the novel, Ellison had said in accepting his National Book Award for Invisible Man that he felt he had made "an attempt at a major novel" and, despite the award, he was unsatisfied with the book. Source: Internet

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