hypercriticism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hypercriticism
Example Sentences
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Grande’s stanbase quickly retaliated, saying that those commenting on her weight were bringing back body-shaming and tabloid-era hypercriticism.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Any operatic version of that play was doomed to hypercriticism.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let no editor through hypercriticism of contributed articles add to this educated suffering.
From Around The Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
The swellings of envy and jealousy gave way to triumph in her own discernment; and all severities of hypercriticism subsided into the gentler vanity, and more humane parade, of patronage.
From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
This canon of criticism might have been secure from the malignity of hypercriticism.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
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