perfection

[ per-fek-shuh n ]

/ pərˈfɛk ʃən /

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noun

the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.

the highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence, as in some art.

a perfect embodiment or example of something.

a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.

the highest or most nearly perfect degree of a quality or trait.

the act or fact of perfecting.

Nearby words

perfect year, perfecta, perfectibility of man, perfectible, perfecting press, perfection, perfectionism, perfectionist, perfective, perfectivize, perfectly

Origin of perfection

1175–1225; < Latin perfectiōn- (stem of perfectiō) a finishing (see perfect, -ion); replacing Middle English perfectiun, perfeccioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

Related forms

hy·per·per·fec·tion, nounnon·per·fec·tion, nounsu·per·per·fec·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for perfection

But whereas we used to be satisfied gazing on that perfection as it stood up on a pedestal, now we want it down among us.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect Year|Kevin Fallon|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a reminder that, as Beyoncé once sang, “Perfection is the disease of a nation,” and her family is hardly flawless.
Yoncé Said Knock You Out: The Solange and Jay Z Story|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How a workable civilization is less about perfection and more about strict zoning.
Mosul's Civilization and Its Discontents|Michael Carson|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jay Z and Beyoncé had a reputation built on perfection, and now that reputation is experiencing fast and furious trauma.
Are Jay Z and Beyoncé Still Perfect?|Kevin Fallon|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The romantic solution deified our lovers so that we have become purged “through a perfect consummation with perfection itself.”
On Transhumanism and Why Technology Is Our Silicon Nervous System|Jason Silva|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The arts in general are carried among these people to a greater degree of perfection than by the other natives of Sumatra.
The History of Sumatra|William Marsden
All social cohesion and co-operation rest on this comprehension, and are limited by its degree of perfection.
Illusions|James Sully
By this means its latent qualities of reflection of light are brought to perfection, developing its real brilliancy.
Equatorial America|Maturin M. Ballou
It has the charming ‘eyes’ of gigas in perfection, and the enormous disc, superbly frilled, is of the liveliest magenta crimson.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle
He declared his belief in the perfection of the legislative system.
A History of England, Period III.|Rev. J. Franck Bright

British Dictionary definitions for perfection

perfection

/ (pəˈfɛkʃən) /

noun

the act of perfecting or the state or quality of being perfect

the highest degree of a quality, etcthe perfection of faithfulness

an embodiment of perfection

Word Origin for perfection

C13: from Latin perfectiō a completing, from perficere to finish

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