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completist

[ kuhm-plee-tist ]

noun

  1. a person who attempts to complete a collection or set, especially a collector who wants to collect an example of every item in a particular field: I'd only recommend this movie to Hepburn completists.

    This recording is a must for obsessive Sinatra completists.

    I'd only recommend this movie to Hepburn completists.



completist

/ kəmˈpliːtɪst /

noun

  1. a person who collects objects or memorabilia obsessively

    ardent John Wayne completists

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of completist1

First recorded in 1950–55; complet(e) ( def ) + -ist ( def )
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Example Sentences

Even if you’re a completist of the highest order — and there certainly are folks like that in the Madonnaverse — your experience won’t be sullied or buoyed much by the mixes included or excluded.

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