Example Sentences

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Working through these perfectionistic tendencies can be uncomfortable, says Dr Windgassen - but that discomfort is part of the process.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Many of the group sessions focused on challenging negative body image and perfectionistic thinking, themes central to anorexia treatment.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2025

It may be the case that my actions tell a different story and my perfectionistic tendencies get triggered when I bake.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

A new study among ninth-graders attending lower secondary school inSwedish-speaking areas of Finland identified four perfectionistic profiles with varying associations with students' psychological well-being.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

Why did she have to be so neurotic and perfectionistic that she was online the minute registration opened for students with last names beginning with A through C?

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti