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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A former employee of her family’s small-town Kansas bank, she has demonstrated a willingness, unusual among regulators, to hear out banks over their criticisms of the supervisory process and even specific interactions with examiners.
The bill drew immediate criticism from the Personal Insurance Federation of California, a trade group representing major property and casualty insurers.
From Los Angeles Times
The two have been vocal in their criticism of each other's business models and philosophies.
From Barron's
Delhi's chaotic roads have been gridlocked at points and summit organisers have faced criticism over crowded entry points and other disarray, especially on the first day.
From Barron's
Commenting on the row to the Welt TV channel, German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer defended Wenders and Tuttle from criticism, saying they were running the festival "in a very balanced way, very sensitively".
From Barron's
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