perfectionist

“I’m a perfectionist, so I wasn’t feeling confident,” he admits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Is it coming from a perfectionist mindset or because you are very self-critical?

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

We learn that Mr. Margouleff is a kind of sonic perfectionist for whom even stereo is insufficient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Are these three subtitle terms — codependent, perfectionist, people-pleasing — interchangeable or interlinked?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Some might call me a perfectionist, but there’s nothing wrong with trying to do a job right.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

But it is a game that still attracts more than its share of perfectionists.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

That intrinsic level of care is present in “Hard Truths,” but without the fussiness that often feels present in films made by notorious perfectionists.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025

Clerks are type-A perfectionists, and all they want to do is do the job and do it right.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2024

But Palumbo, one of opera’s most mild-mannered yet most unrelenting perfectionists, was still making sure that the singers’ intonation was flawless, still fine-tuning the placement of the first note in a certain phrase.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2024

“And it’s a temptation for any intelligent person, and especially for perfectionists such as the ancients and ourselves, to try to murder the primitive, emotive, appetitive self. But that is a mistake.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt