completist

noun

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

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Most of the crowd seemed to be Kanye completists, maybe, but not Kanye loyalists, if there are any of those left. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2025 Readers who aren’t Eastwood completists might wish the author would combine analyses of a few middling titles once in a while. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2025 But the old way of tuning into games—turning on a television and flipping channels—won’t be enough for the NFL completist. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025 For a completist like me, the pleasures of MTV Unplugged came from hearing overfamiliar songs freshened up, if rarely truly reimagined. — Dan Kois, Pitchfork, 17 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for completist

Word History

Etymology

complete entry 1 + -ist entry 1

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 7 Jul. 2026.

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