perfectionistn.adj.

Brit.

/pəˈfɛkʃn̩ɪst/,

/pəˈfɛkʃənɪst/, U.S.

/pərˈfɛkʃ(ə)nəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perfection n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < perfection n. + -ist suffix. With sense A. 2 compare French perfectionniste (1846). Compare earlier Perfectist n.

A. n.

a. A person who holds a belief in the attainability of religious, moral, social, or political perfection, or who has attained such perfection. Also spec. (with capital initial) a member of a sect which holds that human moral or spiritual perfection can be or has been attained. Now rare, except in sense A. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > believer in

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perfectibilarian1852

perfectibilitarian1873

perfectabilitarian1930

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > sect, etc., upholding

perfectionary1647

perfectionist1653

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > social ethics > [noun] > perfectionism and its adherents

perfectionist1653

perfectionism1835

1653 Querers & Quakers 48 Here is a Perfectionist indeed, from whom the Acting of sinne is quite taken away.

1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 66 Must the Wise and Free and Great Men of a Nation be Slaves for Company with such Perfectionists in Church-Doctrine?

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. Pref. p. xviii Men of all religions..were protected and encouraged under notion of New Lights, Perfectionists, a Godly Party [etc.].

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxiii. 136 I have read in some of our Perfectionists enough to make a better man than myself, either run into madness or despair.

1791 J. Hampson Mem. J. Wesley III. 197 Perfectionists and Anti-perfectionists were the grand divisions of methodism.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 408 (note) Whether there is any special allusion to Gnostic Antinomian Perfectionists.

1892 W. B. Scott Autobiogr. Notes I. 128 As a perfectionist in poetry, whose thought and rhythm were one, he [sc. Leigh Hunt] seemed to hold Coleridge above all others.

1938 G. W. Howgate George Santayana iii. 112 Santayana, the Platonist and perfectionist, believing in the possibility of a Life of Reason and in the pursuit and attainment of ends of conduct, [etc.].

b. U.S. Church History. With capital initial. A member of a utopian Christian community; esp. that established by John Humphrey Noyes (1811–86) at Putney, Vermont in 1841, and from 1847 at Oneida Creek, New York State. Cf. perfectionism n. 1b.The earliest Perfectionist communities were established in New York City and New Haven in 1828.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > sect, etc., upholding > member of

perfectionist1834

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > social ethics > [noun] > perfectionism and its adherents > member of particular community

perfectionist1834

1834 Aug. (title) The Perfectionist.

1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. (ed. 6) II. xx. 208 On the opposite verge of thought..stands a body of reformers who call themselves, in their dogmatic aspect, Perfectionists, in their social aspect, Bible Communists.

1874 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects 422/1 Perfectionists, a..sect of Antinomian Communists, established about the year 1845 by John Humphrey Noyes.

1937 P. Noyes My Father's House 7 The little band of Perfectionists lived together as one family.

1955 F. Thistlethwaite Great Exper. v. 121 The Perfectionists..in their community at Oneida..indulged an elaborately eugenical promiscuity under the guise of ‘spiritual affinity’.

1994 E. L. Doctorow Waterworks 33 The proselytizers abroad in the city—Adventists and Millerites, Shakers and Quakers, Swedenborgians, Perfectionists, and Mormons.

2. A person who is only satisfied with the highest standards; a person who demands or seeks to achieve perfection or excellence in some field.Now the usual sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] > fastidious person

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Nice Nelly1922

1909 G. Sterling in A. Bierce In Midst of Life (1927) Introd. p. xiii Bierce was a ‘perfectionist’, a quality that in his case led to an intolerance involving merciless cruelty.

1930 W. P. Cresson Francis Dana xx. 308 Born a perfectionist, his earliest experiences were of the shortcomings of the Great.

1951 ‘J. Tey’ Daughter of Time ii. 28 A worrier: perhaps a perfectionist. A man..anxious over details.

1978 Vogue 1 Mar. 114/1 Bette Davis's misfortune is to be a perfectionist in an industry run by opportunists.

1990 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 1 July 15/2 A perfectionist who can spend 10 minutes arranging the cream crackers for a plate of cheese.

B. adj.

1. Of, relating, or adhering to the doctrine that moral or spiritual perfection can be or has been attained; spec. of or relating to the Perfectionists (see sense A. 1); that is a Perfectionist.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > social ethics > [adjective] > of perfectionism or perfectionists

perfectionistc1847

perfectionistic1884

c1847 J. G. Whittier Fame & Glory in Prose Wks. (1866) II. 92 There are..perfectionist reformers..who wait to see the salvation which it is the task of humanity itself to work out.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. Notes 371 Many were beginning to seek in this perfectionist doctrine a refuge from the exactions of the priesthood.

1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. (ed. 6) I. xxii. 243 According to all the Perfectionist prophets, Holiness and Liberty are the two primary elements in the atmosphere of heaven,—that is to say of a perfect society.

1942 J. Bailie Invitation to Pilgrimage x. 71 Some of the lesser Protestant sects, Quaker, Methodist, and others,..tended to be ‘perfectionist’—sometimes even to a greater degree than Mediaeval Catholicism.

1993 L. Dabney in E. Wilson Sixties: Last Jrnl. 485 John Humphrey Noyes had formed his first perfectionist society in 1839 at Putney, Vermont.

2. Demanding or seeking perfection. Cf. perfectionistic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective]

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1942 O. Prescott in N.Y. Times 17 June 21/2 Such a perfectionist standard of criticism..leaves plenty of room for serious reporting and discussion of major matters.

1977 Listener 17 Mar. 332/2 Let us not be élitist, perfectionist... Singapore does provide its people with a decent..existence.

1995 New York 15 May 29/2 Stewart's relentlessly perfectionist class- and status-ridden standards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perfectionist
释义	perfectionistn.adj. Brit. /pəˈfɛkʃn̩ɪst/, /pəˈfɛkʃənɪst/, U.S. /pərˈfɛkʃ(ə)nəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perfection n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < perfection n. + -ist suffix. With sense A. 2 compare French perfectionniste (1846). Compare earlier Perfectist n. A. n. 1. a. A person who holds a belief in the attainability of religious, moral, social, or political perfection, or who has attained such perfection. Also spec. (with capital initial) a member of a sect which holds that human moral or spiritual perfection can be or has been attained. Now rare, except in sense A. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > believer in perfective1602 perfectionist1653 perfectibilist1798 perfectibilian1816 perfectibilarian1852 perfectibilitarian1873 perfectabilitarian1930 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > sect, etc., upholding perfectionary1647 perfectionist1653 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > social ethics > [noun] > perfectionism and its adherents perfectionist1653 perfectionism1835 1653 Querers & Quakers 48 Here is a Perfectionist indeed, from whom the Acting of sinne is quite taken away. 1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 66 Must the Wise and Free and Great Men of a Nation be Slaves for Company with such Perfectionists in Church-Doctrine? a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. Pref. p. xviii Men of all religions..were protected and encouraged under notion of New Lights, Perfectionists, a Godly Party [etc.]. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxiii. 136 I have read in some of our Perfectionists enough to make a better man than myself, either run into madness or despair. 1791 J. Hampson Mem. J. Wesley III. 197 Perfectionists and Anti-perfectionists were the grand divisions of methodism. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 408 (note) Whether there is any special allusion to Gnostic Antinomian Perfectionists. 1892 W. B. Scott Autobiogr. Notes I. 128 As a perfectionist in poetry, whose thought and rhythm were one, he [sc. Leigh Hunt] seemed to hold Coleridge above all others. 1938 G. W. Howgate George Santayana iii. 112 Santayana, the Platonist and perfectionist, believing in the possibility of a Life of Reason and in the pursuit and attainment of ends of conduct, [etc.]. b. U.S. Church History. With capital initial. A member of a utopian Christian community; esp. that established by John Humphrey Noyes (1811–86) at Putney, Vermont in 1841, and from 1847 at Oneida Creek, New York State. Cf. perfectionism n. 1b.The earliest Perfectionist communities were established in New York City and New Haven in 1828. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > sect, etc., upholding > member of perfectionist1834 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > social ethics > [noun] > perfectionism and its adherents > member of particular community perfectionist1834 1834 Aug. (title) The Perfectionist. 1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. (ed. 6) II. xx. 208 On the opposite verge of thought..stands a body of reformers who call themselves, in their dogmatic aspect, Perfectionists, in their social aspect, Bible Communists. 1874 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects 422/1 Perfectionists, a..sect of Antinomian Communists, established about the year 1845 by John Humphrey Noyes. 1937 P. Noyes My Father's House 7 The little band of Perfectionists lived together as one family. 1955 F. Thistlethwaite Great Exper. v. 121 The Perfectionists..in their community at Oneida..indulged an elaborately eugenical promiscuity under the guise of ‘spiritual affinity’. 1994 E. L. Doctorow Waterworks 33 The proselytizers abroad in the city—Adventists and Millerites, Shakers and Quakers, Swedenborgians, Perfectionists, and Mormons. 2. A person who is only satisfied with the highest standards; a person who demands or seeks to achieve perfection or excellence in some field.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] > fastidious person abrodietical1623 hypercritic1634 over-critica1661 finick1706 delicate1710 finicking1744 fidfad1754 quiddle1793 faddle1881 faddy1887 perfectionist1909 Nice Nelly1922 1909 G. Sterling in A. Bierce In Midst of Life (1927) Introd. p. xiii Bierce was a ‘perfectionist’, a quality that in his case led to an intolerance involving merciless cruelty. 1930 W. P. Cresson Francis Dana xx. 308 Born a perfectionist, his earliest experiences were of the shortcomings of the Great. 1951 ‘J. Tey’ Daughter of Time ii. 28 A worrier: perhaps a perfectionist. A man..anxious over details. 1978 Vogue 1 Mar. 114/1 Bette Davis's misfortune is to be a perfectionist in an industry run by opportunists. 1990 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 1 July 15/2 A perfectionist who can spend 10 minutes arranging the cream crackers for a plate of cheese. B. adj. 1. Of, relating, or adhering to the doctrine that moral or spiritual perfection can be or has been attained; spec. of or relating to the Perfectionists (see sense A. 1); that is a Perfectionist. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > social ethics > [adjective] > of perfectionism or perfectionists perfectionistc1847 perfectionistic1884 c1847 J. G. Whittier Fame & Glory in Prose Wks. (1866) II. 92 There are..perfectionist reformers..who wait to see the salvation which it is the task of humanity itself to work out. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. Notes 371 Many were beginning to seek in this perfectionist doctrine a refuge from the exactions of the priesthood. 1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. (ed. 6) I. xxii. 243 According to all the Perfectionist prophets, Holiness and Liberty are the two primary elements in the atmosphere of heaven,—that is to say of a perfect society. 1942 J. Bailie Invitation to Pilgrimage x. 71 Some of the lesser Protestant sects, Quaker, Methodist, and others,..tended to be ‘perfectionist’—sometimes even to a greater degree than Mediaeval Catholicism. 1993 L. Dabney in E. Wilson Sixties: Last Jrnl. 485 John Humphrey Noyes had formed his first perfectionist society in 1839 at Putney, Vermont. 2. Demanding or seeking perfection. Cf. perfectionistic adj. 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Prescott in N.Y. Times 17 June 21/2 Such a perfectionist standard of criticism..leaves plenty of room for serious reporting and discussion of major matters. 1977 Listener 17 Mar. 332/2 Let us not be élitist, perfectionist... Singapore does provide its people with a decent..existence. 1995 New York 15 May 29/2 Stewart's relentlessly perfectionist class- and status-ridden standards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1653
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