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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable;
- Example: "his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Perfectionism \Per*fec"tion*ism\, n. 1. The doctrine of the Perfectionists. [1913 Webster] 2. A personal attitude which demands perfection in the results of actions. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

perfectionism n 1: a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable; "his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students"