perfeccionismo
Portuguese, noun
perfeccionismo is spelled P-E-R-F-E-C-C-I-O-N-I-S-M-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perfeccionismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “perfectionism (obsession with perfection)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer das várias doutrinas que afirmam que a perfeição religiosa, moral, social ou política é alcançável”.
What does perfeccionismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperfectionism (obsession with perfection)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer das várias doutrinas que afirmam que a perfeição religiosa, moral, social ou política é alcançável 2. um padrão, atitude ou filosofia pessoal que exige a perfeição e rejeita qualquer coisa de menos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of perfeccionismo
- perfeccionismos plural
- perfecionismo alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to perfeccionismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perfeccionismo in Portuguese?
perfeccionismo appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).