perfectionism

trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting high performance standards
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perfectionism

Summary

perfectionism is a personality trait[1]. perfectionism draws 6,208 Wikipedia views per month (personality_trait category, ranking #10 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • perfectionism's instance of is recorded as personality trait[3].
  • perfectionism's instance of is recorded as pattern of behavior[4].
  • perfectionism's instance of is recorded as Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[5].
  • perfectionism is a type of common misconception[6].
  • perfectionism is a type of simplification[7].
  • perfectionism's Commons category is recorded as Perfectionism (psychology)[8].
  • perfectionism's has immediate cause is recorded as inefficiency[9].
  • perfectionism's different from is recorded as linguistic perfectionism[10].
  • perfectionism's P14541 is recorded as 3uV43C[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include personality trait[3], pattern of behavior[4], and Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[5]. Recorded subclass of include common misconception[6] and simplification[7].

Why It Matters

perfectionism draws 6,208 Wikipedia views per month (personality_trait category, ranking #10 of 58).[2] perfectionism has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] perfectionism is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → perfectionism-personality-trait
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: perfectionism-personality-trait, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954374|perfectionism personality trait (#289954374)]] in [[:toollabs:mi"
  2. 7w ago · Jerimee · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting high per
    Has immediate cause → inefficiency
    Subclass of → common misconception, simplification
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q2230378]]"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3uV43C
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 13w ago · Jerimee · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → personality trait, pattern of behavior, Wikibase reason for deprecated rank
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q27949697]]"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0223089-perfekcionismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0223089-perfekcionismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
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