Obsessive
Obsessive noun - A person who has obsessions.
Perfectionist and obsessive are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Perfectionist" with "Obsessive", this nouns are similar.
Perfectionist
Perfectionist noun - A person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards.
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Synonyms for Perfectionist
Obsessive and perfectionist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Obsessive" instead a noun "Perfectionist".
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Schedule Fanatic: Ghost is such an obsessive perfectionist that his subordinate being only four minutes late to an appointment constitutes You Have Failed Me.
Source: Series / Alphas -
Although he's something of an extrovert, his Hidden Depths reveal that he's this way because otherwise he'd fit the negative attributes of the Melancholic type (obsessive, perfectionist to the point of depression) a lot more.
Source: Literature / Hyouka -
Pink — The domineering, obsessive perfectionist who takes charge when the heist goes awry.
Source: Film / Reservoir Dogs
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