Perfectionist: alternatives and connections

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Perfectionist

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.

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Compulsive 76% connected

Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Beau ideal 74% connected

A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actu…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable