criticism
Americannoun
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the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.
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the act of passing severe judgment; censure; faultfinding.
- Synonyms:
- animadversion, stricture
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the act or art of analyzing and evaluating or judging the quality of a literary or artistic work, musical performance, art exhibit, dramatic production, etc.
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any of various methods of studying texts or documents for the purpose of dating or reconstructing them, evaluating their authenticity, analyzing their content or style, etc..
historical criticism; literary criticism.
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investigation of the text, origin, etc., of literary documents, especially Biblical ones.
textual criticism.
noun
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the act or an instance of making an unfavourable or severe judgment, comment, etc
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the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
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the occupation of a critic
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a work that sets out to evaluate or analyse
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Also called: textual criticism. the investigation of a particular text, with related material, in order to establish an authentic text
Related Words
See review.
Other Word Forms
- countercriticism noun
- overcriticism noun
- precriticism noun
Etymology
Origin of criticism
Example Sentences
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The resulting patchy surfaces drew criticism at the 2024 Copa America, with players complaining of "frustrating" pitches that felt like "a trampoline."
From Barron's
Last month’s uptick came as China’s central bank recently signaled its tolerance for a stronger yuan amid criticism that Beijing is intentionally devaluing the Chinese currency, also known as renminbi, to boost exports.
Another criticism of the celebrity citizenship trend is that it will be superficial and fleeting - the stars will collect their certificates, publish a few social media posts, then go quiet.
From BBC
The post quickly drew fierce criticism from Democrats, some Republicans and civil rights organizations.
From Los Angeles Times
In 2004 he won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism for his column and to date, is the only car columnist ever to win a Pulitzer.
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