critic

[ krit-ik ]
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noun
  1. a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes: a poor critic of men.

  2. a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, especially for a newspaper or magazine.

  1. a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.

  2. Archaic.

Origin of critic

1
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

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British Dictionary definitions for critic

critic

/ (ˈkrɪtɪk) /


noun
  1. a person who judges something

  2. a professional judge of art, music, literature, etc

  1. a person who often finds fault and criticizes

Origin of critic

1
C16: from Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos capable of judging, from kritēs judge; see criterion

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