"completionism" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-completionism.wav
Etymology: From completion + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|completion|ism}} completion + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} completionism (uncountable)
  1. (video games) The goal of achieving every objective in a game, as opposed to merely doing enough to win. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-completionism-en-noun-nNNJwX7j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Topics: video-games
  2. The goal of collecting, visiting, experiencing, etc. every item of a set. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-completionism-en-noun-xgHL84Qc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: completionist
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