criterion
noun
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
criterions
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pluralof criterion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Those are the criterions of political changes in England-but, as my conversion is of foreign extraction, I shall not be the richer for it.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
It is this sentiment which causes Freethought to take the form of Secularism, and exchanges the verbal distractions of conflicting creeds for the clear criterions of moral truth.
From The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws? by George Jacob Holyoake
It is a sort of extra, having nothing to do with criterions of intelligence or mental development, like the repeater movement in a watch.
From Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White
It is one of the best criterions of excellent social and political institutions.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 by Various
These, for the advantage of the public, ought to be universally the same throughout the kingdom; being the general criterions which reduce all things to the same or an equivalent value.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
