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completism

noun

Etymology

From complete + -ism. Originally from fanspeak, the slang of science fiction fans.

  1. derived from *pleh₁-✻ — “to fill”
  2. derived from completus
  3. derived from complet
  4. inherited from compleet — “full, complete”
  5. suffixed as completism — “complete + ism”

Definitions

  1. A desire to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing.

    • A novel type of completism is Rothman's record and determination of attending every major convention held in this country.
    • Completism is a form of lunacy not without honor.
    • Caruso's records are such an important body of material that this is one case where "completism" is justified.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for completism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA