Word: perfectionism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: per
fec
tion
ism
Definition: A belief that spiritual perfection may be achieved during life, or that it should be striven for.
Morphemes:
Affix: perfect
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.