perfectionist\ paralysis

perfectionist\ paralysis
1. (Perfectionist Paralysis) (7340↑, 1528↓)
The inability to start on a project, assignment, essay or any creative task due to the fear of not getting it perfectly right.

Joe: You haven't started writing your paper yet? Bob: Nope Joe: Isn't it due tomorrow? Bob: Yep. Joe: I thought you went to the library and did your research, made your notes and wrote your outline. Bob: I've got perfectionist paralysis.

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2. (Perfectionist Paralysis) (31↑, 10↓)
When a project slows to a standstill due to ... hold on let me think. How should I phrase this? see [Paralysis of Analysis].

The development of [Duke Nukem Forever] has suffered from a decades worth of perfectionist paralysis.

Last updated: 2012.03.01

Urban English dictionary. 2013.

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