perfectionist
nounUK /pəˈfekʃənɪst/
US /pərˈfekʃənɪst/
A perfectionist is someone who wants everything to be perfect and gets upset when it is not.
She is such a perfectionist that she rewrote her essay five times.
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2. A person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfect.
As a perfectionist, he could not tolerate a single typo in the report.
3. In philosophy, a believer that moral perfection can be achieved in this life.
The perfectionist argued that virtue could be fully attained through practice.
4. A person who demands flawless performance from others.
Her perfectionist boss rejected every draft that was not immaculate.