criterion
noun, plural cri·te·ri·a [krahy-teer-ee-uh] /kraɪˈtɪər i ə/, cri·te·ri·ons.
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touchstone, benchmark, principle, yardstick, precedent, norm, proof, foundation, scale, basis, pattern, original, canon, rule, standard, prototype, exemplar, measure, opinion, modelExamples from the Web for criteria
Contemporary Examples of criteria
These decisions and criteria are referred to as “appropriateness.”
Some medical experts also argue that some of the criteria do not reflect the true nature of disease and suffering.
And while most states have compassionate release programs, the rules and criteria for each are different.
An avowed creationist who consults for a food lobby hardly seems an appropriate choice to fulfill these criteria.
Does campaigning for others who are actual merchants have to itself meet their criteria?
Historical Examples of criteria
There are three criteria of goodness—beauty, symmetry, truth.
PhilebusPlato
It concerns in part the criteria of valuation in the field of the social life.
The Psychology of NationsG.E. Partridge
The grounds for rejecting the criteria of the Roman law have been shown above.
The Common LawOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
These, it is said, are the criteria of progress; all else is misleading.
The Complete Essays of C. D. WarnerCharles Dudley Warner
The main technique is study and constant reexamination of criteria.
The Armed Forces OfficerU. S. Department of Defense