The Cincinnati Church

METICULOSITY, SCRUPULOSITY AND PERFECTIONISM
I. Definitions.
A. Meticulous: “1. Fearful, timid. Obs. 2. Over-careful about minute details, over-
scrupulous.”
B. Scrupulous: “Troubled with doubts or scruples of conscience: over-nice or meticulous in
matters of right and wrong. Also (of things, actions, etc.), characterized by such scruples.
b. Prone to hesitate or doubt; distrustful; cautious or meticulous in acting, deciding, etc.....
4. Of actions, etc.: Rigidly directed by the dictates of conscience; characterized by a strict