She suffers from perfectionism and fear of failure.
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Perfectionism
//pəˈfɛk.ʃ(ə).nɪ.z(ə)m//
Synonyms for "perfectionism" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (7)
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كَمَالِيَّة noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Armenian
1 entries- պերֆեկցիոնիզմ noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mükəmməliyyətçilik noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Belarusian
1 entries- перфекцыяні́зм noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Catalan
1 entries- perfeccionisme noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 完美主義 /完美主义 noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Czech
2 entries- perfekcionismus noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
- perfekcionizmus noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Dutch
1 entries- perfectionisme noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Estonian
2 entries- perfektsionism noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
- täiuslikkuse taotlus noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Finnish
1 entries- perfektionismi noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
French
1 entries- perfectionnisme noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Galician
1 entries- perfeccionismo noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
German
1 entries- Perfektionismus noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Greek
2 entries- τελειοθηρία noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
- τελειομανία noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Hebrew
1 entries- פֶּרְפֶקְצְיוֹנִיזְם noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Hungarian
2 entries- maximalizmus noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
- perfekcionizmus noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Icelandic
1 entries- fullkomnunarárátta noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Italian
1 entries- perfezionismo noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Japanese
2 entries- 完全主義 noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
- 完璧主義 noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Korean
1 entries- 완벽주의 noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- perfeksjonism noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- perfeksjonism noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Persian
3 entries- کمالطلبی noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
- کمالپرستی noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
- کمالگرایی noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Polish
1 entries- perfekcjonizm noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Portuguese
1 entries- perfeccionismo noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Romanian
1 entries- perfecționism noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Russian
1 entries- перфекциони́зм noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- perfekcionìzam noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
- перфекционѝзам noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Slovak
1 entries- perfekcionizmus noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Slovene
1 entries- perfekcionizem noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Spanish
1 entries- perfeccionismo noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Swedish
1 entries- perfektionism noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Tagalog
1 entries- perpeksiyonismo noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Tamil
1 entries- செம்மைவாதம் noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Ukrainian
1 entries- перфекціоні́зм noun (unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The eraser you lent me doesn't work very well, which combined with my perfectionism led to my sketch looking like a palimpsest.
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Perfectionism is another trap many people fall into.
Source: tatoeba (11500441)
David needs to overcome perfectionism.
Source: tatoeba (11503072)
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