perfectionism
any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
a personal standard, attitude, or philosophy that demands perfection and rejects anything less.
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For medical professionals, there’s a culture of perfectionism that makes asking for help a sign of weakness.
How COVID-19 Opened the Door to a New Era in Psychedelic Medicine | Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider | October 13, 2021 | TimeJust like that, I started the steady slide into a vortex of self-denial, compulsiveness, and perfectionism while withering into a wisp of my former self, both physically and emotionally.
There are other factors ready to sabotage good intentions, too, such as perfectionism and a dissonance between words and actions, Pychyl said.
My nest is empty, but the stuff remains. Why is decluttering so emotionally fraught? | Bonnie Miller Rubin | March 4, 2021 | Washington PostStudies find that self-criticism and perfectionism provide strong fuel for depression.
How to keep your sadness from turning into depression | Jelena Kecmanovic | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostThe root of our perfectionism—the chicken or the egg—is hardly the point.
Face It—We Rubes Will Never Live Like Gwyneth and Jennifer Aniston | Rachel Bertsche | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Recent research has shown perfectionism to be an issue of genetics.
Face It—We Rubes Will Never Live Like Gwyneth and Jennifer Aniston | Rachel Bertsche | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was indeed “caught in the trap of his own perfectionism.”
perfectionism becomes a sort of impossible perfectionism-plus.
Are Female Long-Distance Runners More Prone To Suicidal Depression? | Emily de la Bruyere | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis friends warned that his “perfectionism” (his own word) would make him wacky.
A Plot Against Living: J.F. Powers’s ‘Suitable Accommodations’ | D. G. Myers | August 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt passes over, in the insane pride of human perfectionism, the great fact that man is also a naturally depraved creature.
A Defence of Virginia | Robert L. DabneyTheir principles are perfectionism, communism and free love.
perfectionism, the doctrine that moral perfection is by divine grace attainable in the present life.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia | Edited by Rev. James Woodperfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace.
State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt | Franklin D. RooseveltThis is the application of perfectionism to politics, which was originally a religious notion.
Abolition a Sedition | Geo. W. Donohue
British Dictionary definitions for perfectionism
/ (pəˈfɛkʃəˌnɪzəm) /
philosophy the doctrine that man can attain perfection in this life
the demand for the highest standard of excellence
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