completist
noun
com·plet·ist
kəm-ˈplē-tist 
: one who wants to make something (such as a collection) complete
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Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt (2011) $18 This is a variety of fun stuff for the Patton completist.
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Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
In this compendium collection, which includes pieces Kincaid published in The New Yorker and The Village Voice over her long career, completist fans fond of insight can enjoy some of her more penetrating essays.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2025
There’s no way that a Bill Cobbs completist could read this and not be irritated by the absence of a favorite role, because there were over 200, including five that haven’t been released yet.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 July 2024
But for those who aren’t Third Reich completists, nor have any interest in historical fantasy that does little beyond embellishing Mengele’s ignoble reputation, this intellectually vacuous exercise can be tough to stomach — despite how well put together the whole thing is.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
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Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
In this compendium collection, which includes pieces Kincaid published in The New Yorker and The Village Voice over her long career, completist fans fond of insight can enjoy some of her more penetrating essays.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2025
There’s no way that a Bill Cobbs completist could read this and not be irritated by the absence of a favorite role, because there were over 200, including five that haven’t been released yet.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 July 2024
But for those who aren’t Third Reich completists, nor have any interest in historical fantasy that does little beyond embellishing Mengele’s ignoble reputation, this intellectually vacuous exercise can be tough to stomach — despite how well put together the whole thing is.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
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“Completist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/completist. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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