perfectionism

See also: perfecționism

English

Etymology

perfection +‎ -ism

Noun

perfectionism (countable and uncountable, plural perfectionisms)

An unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection.
(philosophy) A belief that spiritual perfection may be achieved during life, or that it should be striven for.

Related terms

perfectionist
perfectionistic

Translations

an aversion for anything less than perfection

Arabic: كَمَالِيَّة‎ f (kamāliyya)
Armenian: պերֆեկցիոնիզմ (perfekcʿionizm)
Azerbaijani: mükəmməliyyətçilik
Belarusian: перфекцыяні́зм m (pjerfjekcyjanízm)
Catalan: perfeccionisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 完美主義／完美主义 (wánměi zhǔyì)
Czech: perfekcionismus m, perfekcionizmus m
Dutch: perfectionisme (nl) n
Estonian: perfektsionism, täiuslikkuse taotlus
Finnish: perfektionismi (fi)
French: perfectionnisme (fr) m
German: Perfektionismus (de) m
Greek: τελειομανία (el) f (teleiomanía), τελειοθηρία (el) f (teleiothiría)
Hebrew: פֶּרְפֶקְצְיוֹנִיזְם‎ (he) m (perfektzyónizem)
Hungarian: maximalizmus (hu)
Icelandic: fullkomnunarárátta f
Italian: perfezionismo (it) m
Japanese: 完全主義 (かんぜんしゅぎ, kanzenshugi), 完璧主義 (かんぺきしゅぎ, kanpekishugi)
Korean: 완벽주의 (wanbyeokjuui)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} tekûzîtî (ku)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: perfeksjonism m
Nynorsk: perfeksjonism m
Persian: کمال‌طلبی‎ (kamâl-talabi), کمال‌گرایی‎ (kamâl-garâyi), کمالپرستی‎ (kamâl-parasti)
Polish: perfekcjonizm (pl) m
Portuguese: perfeccionismo (pt) m
Romanian: perfecționism (ro) n
Russian: перфекциони́зм (ru) m (perfekcionízm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: перфекционѝзам m
Roman: perfekcionìzam (sh) m
Slovak: perfekcionizmus m
Slovene: perfekcionizem m
Spanish: perfeccionismo m
Swedish: perfektionism (sv) c
Tagalog: perpeksiyonismo
Tamil: செம்மைவாதம் (cemmaivātam)
Ukrainian: перфекціоні́зм m (perfekcionízm)

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