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perfectionist

 noun
     
per‧fec‧tion‧ist [countable]
someone who is not satisfied with anything unless it is completely perfect:
Many top athletes are perfectionists who drive themselves to excel.
—perfectionist adjective
—perfectionism noun [uncountable]
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