completist

noun

com·​plet·​ist kəm-ˈplē-tist How to pronounce completist (audio)
: one who wants to make something (such as a collection) complete

Examples of completist in a Sentence

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Homicide: The Movie Over Homicide’s seven seasons, actors came and went on good and bad terms, but there’s a really lovely, completist quality to how pretty much everyone came back for Homicide: The Movie, which aired a year or so after the series wrapped. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024 Though a few of the sequels have their merits, Amityville in Space and Amityville Karen remain for completists only. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024 In fact, there's some good that comes out of being a little less completist with a story. Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 18 July 2024 Bob Dylan completists will have a lot to celebrate on Sept. 20, when Columbia/Legacy unveil the 27-CD boxed set The 1974 Live Recordings. Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for completist 

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of completist was in 1951

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“Completist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/completist. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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