perfectionist

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Under the perfectionist Sousa, it became the foremost and best-known musical ensemble in America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Emery's perfectionist streak makes his management of Villa a work of art, with work-rate, organisation and talent making for a top-class team.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

A perfectionist, he often lost his temper and patience.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

For the perfectionists: Back in 2011, Farhad Manjoo argued that “you should never, ever use two spaces after a period.”

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Alejandro is this crazy genius and being around that level of — Tom Cruise as well — they’re all obsessive perfectionists that have just like endless rocket fuel in them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

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