critic
Americannoun
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a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes.
a poor critic of men.
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a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, especially for a newspaper or magazine.
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a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.
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Archaic.
noun
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a person who judges something
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a professional judge of art, music, literature, etc
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a person who often finds fault and criticizes
Other Word Forms
- supercritic noun
Etymology
Origin of critic
1575–85; < Latin criticus < Greek kritikós skilled in judging (adj.), critic (noun), equivalent to krī́t ( ēs ) judge, umpire ( krī́ ( nein ) to separate, decide + -tēs agent suffix) + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Fanatics has held hundreds of meetings in recent years with some of their most vociferous critics, so it came to no shock to insiders when Babikian took to X last week to announce the meeting.
From Los Angeles Times
Reality TV star Spencer Pratt, who lost his home and has become a loud critic of the city’s handling of the fire, is now running against Bass.
From Los Angeles Times
In online posts and videos, he extolled the benefits—one favorite catchphrase is “Holding back to move forward!”—and took on critics who called it cheating.
But critics have raised copyright concerns and questioned the trend's novelty, arguing that it is too far a departure from the true essence of trot.
From BBC
But critics say the boutique waste hauler is not accomplishing anything environmentally useful and is selling the public a myth: that these plastics — multilayer plastic film, plastic bags, polystyrene — can be taken care of responsibly.
From Los Angeles Times
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