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perfectionism

per fek shuh ni zuhm

  • n  a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable
    his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students

  • It's easy to see how an outsized sense of perfectionism in a female might lead to an unhealthy obsession with thinness given society's preoccupation with physical appearance .
  • The unreleased material, for example, should be extensive due to Jackson's prolific recording and legendary perfectionism.
  • Is perfectionism more common in women? I believe it is, yes.
News & Articles

  • Book Review: Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin
    Book Review: Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:04 p.m., Thursday, November 1, 2012 There's more than a bit of perfectionism, enough to at times drive producers and fellow musicians to the brink. There's a seemingly endless ...
    July 17, 2013 - seattlepi.com
Quotes

  • Michael Griffin in Swans
    The shuttle is inherently flawed,Griffin stated while addressing Congress on May 12 this year. "It does not have an escape system for its crew, and we all know that since human perfectionism is unattainable, sooner or later, there will be...
  • John Gilmore in San Jose Mercury News
    Gilmore said that the unforgiving nature of computers demands of coders "a perfectionism that makes it hard sometimes in social situations. When I see something that's a little bit wrong, and I ought to just shut up and roll with it, but I comment...
  • Bastian Schweinsteiger in SkySports
    Schweinsteiger said: "We already have two titles and now the two (clubs) have the chance to win a third. We have character, mentality and perfectionism and if we are able to show that tomorrow, we will have gone a long way to achieving (the treble)....

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