completist

[ kuhm-plee-tist ]

noun

1. a person who attempts to complete a collection or set, especially a collector who wants to collect an example of every item in a particular field: I'd only recommend this movie to Hepburn completists.

   This recording is a must for obsessive Sinatra completists.

   I'd only recommend this movie to Hepburn completists.

2. completionist ( def 1 ).

completist

/ kəmˈpliːtɪst /

noun

1. a person who collects objects or memorabilia obsessively

   ardent John Wayne completists

Word History and Origins

Origin of completist¹

First recorded in 1950–55; complet(e) ( def ) + -ist ( def )

Example Sentences

If you’re a Taylor Swift fan, for instance, you might buy minimally different “special” editions of her latest out of the need to be a completist.

From New York Times

So consider this not a completist collection of Gordon’s music, but merely a tantalizing and deliciously distorted sampler.

From New York Times

Many people know Maud Hart Lovelace’s Betsy-Tacy series, but how many of them have read the protagonist Betsy Ray’s oft-cited text “The Beloved Vagabond”? William John Locke’s 1906 novel of an architect who disguises himself and travels the world may not serve as a practical travel guide in this day and age, but for the completist, it’s a must.

From New York Times

She is a connoisseur and a completist: Her specimens include lids from oatmeal canisters, cups from fast-food joints, cleaners wrapped in shrink sleeves, and many, many Amazon mailers.

From Seattle Times

“I’m a completist. If you tell me something is going on geologically, I want to know about the formation of the star that created the solar system, that created that planet, that created that rock.”

From Seattle Times