perfectionism in English

noun
1
refusal to accept any standard short of perfection.
That is the cornerstone of his epic career, his attention to detail, his innate perfectionism and his belligerent refusal to be beaten, whatever the opposition.

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1. Obsessive perfectionism can be very irritating.

2. That teaches girls perfectionism.

3. Perfectionism is a Virgoan trait.

4. His perfectionism seemed excessive to his students.

5. Her perfectionism is evident at work and at home.

6. More work is needed to untangle the intricate relationship between perfectionism and health.

7. Perfectionism is one of the biggest reasons for procrastination.

8. One is justifying behavior caused by perfectionism, inadequacy, and fear of discomfort.

9. On the other hand, self - oriented perfectionism was associated with better physical health.

10. Jeff Kent, undone by toxic perfectionism in the past, flourished with the Giants.

11. I believe procrastination is born out of an excessive drive to perfectionism.

12. Do you not yearn to use your fullest potential while avoiding perfectionism?

13. Women, I have found, can let perfectionism stop speaking up or taking risks.

14. Abstract The Multidimensional Perfectionism Cognitions Inventory (MPCI; Kobori & Tanno, 2004) is a promising new instrument developed in Japan to assess perfectionism Cognitions regarding personal standards, pursuit of perfection, and concern over mistakes.

15. Fry and her colleagues recently looked at the relationship between perfectionism and overall risk of death.

16. I Thought It Was Just Me (But it isn’t) Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power

17. According to some experts, perfectionism involves “intangible goals (i.e. perfection), and a constant lack of satisfaction, irrespective of performance.”

18. The recording took longer than the previous album because Metallica had developed a sense of perfectionism and had higher ambitions.

19. Obsessive–Compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a cluster C personality disorder marked by an excessive need for orderliness, neatness, and perfectionism

20. In other words, one alternative to anti-perfectionism is restrictions on the choice of means through which perfectionist ideals are pursued.

21. For instance, in more recent research, Molnar found self-imposed perfectionism conferred pros and cons with regard to health that canceled each other out.

22. Agreeableness and neuroticism were also significantly negatively related to dyadic adjustment, and accounted for significant variance in explaining dyadic adjustment, while perfectionism dimensions did not

23. I reckon about 95% of the stuff at Burgs is made from scratch or custom-made for them – a sign of quality control and perfectionism which I can definitely appreciate.

24. "You really have to look at the mechanism, not just looking at how perfectionism is directly related to health, but what pathways link it to health?" Molnar said.

25. (2005) found specifically that the obsessive-compulsive behaviors of Anorectics match OCPD traits since the most common psychological manifestations are concerns over mistakes and doubts about actions--key features of perfectionism

26. Personality Profile: Fiercely proud, dignified, with Capricornian ambition married to his rising sign's Virgoan perfectionism, physical harmony and dedication to constant skill honing and sharpening tactics, always with a view to building a bigger empire

27. In the second group of wasters are the Benumbing consequences of flawed management such as lack of planning, poor organisation of tasks, haste (!), unnecessary details and errors, misplaced perfectionism, and absence of procedures, delegation, unnecessary …

28. Antislavery and Abolitionism The revivalist doctrines of salvation, perfectionism, and disinterested benevolence led many evangelical reformers to believe that slavery was the most God-defying of all sins and the most terrible blight on the moral virtue of the United States.