English

Noun

completism ‎(uncountable)

1. A desire to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing.
   • 1944, Speer, John Bristol, Fancyclopedia, Completist:

     A novel type of completism is Rothman's record and determination of attending every major convention held in this country.

   • 1986, Hayden, Teresa Nielsen, “Over Rough Terrain”, in Making Book, published 1994, ISBN 9780915368556, page 82:

     Completism is a form of lunacy not without honor.

   • 1992, Fanfare, volume 15, number 5, page 294:

     Caruso's records are such an important body of material that this is one case where "completism" is justified.

Related terms

• completist

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-530567-8, page 25
• completism n. at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project