Synonyms for perfectionism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-fek-shuh-niz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈfɛk ʃəˌnɪz əm |
Définition of perfectionism
- As in hairsplitting : noun nitpicking
- Perfectionism: defining the term as referring to God's righteousness, and not self-righteousness.
- Extract from : « History of American Socialisms » by John Humphrey Noyes
- Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace.
- Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt » by Franklin D. Roosevelt
- This is the application of perfectionism to politics, which was originally a religious notion.
- Extract from : « Abolition a Sedition » by Geo. W. Donohue
- When he happens to be guilty of a fault, he is in a state of lapse; at other times in a state of perfectionism.
- Extract from : « Abolition a Sedition » by Geo. W. Donohue
- We know it is a doctrine of perfectionism, but it is not a practicable doctrine, in our opinion.
- Extract from : « Abolition a Sedition » by Geo. W. Donohue
- They must first be made to believe in perfectionism, before they would venture on such an experiment.
- Extract from : « Abolition a Sedition » by Geo. W. Donohue
- We gained a great step in the acquisition of our National Independence; but we did not arrive to a state of perfectionism.
- Extract from : « Abolition a Sedition » by Geo. W. Donohue
- Perfectionism, the doctrine that moral perfection is by divine grace attainable in the present life.
- Extract from : « The Nuttall Encyclopaedia » by Edited by Rev. James Wood
- Their principles are perfectionism, communism and free love.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118 » by Various
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