Usually means: Excessive perfection, beyond practical need.
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▸ noun:  Excessive refinement.

Similar:
torture, distortion, straining, twisting, overdelicacy, overreduction, overprecision, overelaboration, overarrangement, overelaborateness, more...

Opposite:
simplicity, plainness, unpretentiousness, modesty

Types:
foppishness, dandyism, effeminacy, poncy, more...

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Similar:
torture, distortion, straining, twisting, overdelicacy, overreduction, overprecision, overelaboration, overarrangement, overelaborateness, more...

Opposite:
simplicity, plainness, unpretentiousness, modesty

Types:
foppishness, dandyism, effeminacy, poncy, more...



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