hypercriticism

American  

[hahy-per-krit-uh-siz-uhm] / ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt əˌsɪz əm /

noun

1. criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.

---

Etymology

Origin of hypercriticism

First recorded in 1670–80; hyper- + criticism

Example Sentences

Any operatic version of that play was doomed to hypercriticism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Attenuated, pallid, sharp-featured, she appeared much older than her years, and the lovely, confiding and tender qualities of mind, which made her so attractive to older people, had given place to cold austerity and hypercriticism.

From A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

But they were still as death; the mask that had been assumed to shield envy, hypercriticism, and falsehood, there was neither elevation of moral purpose, courage, nor honor, to lay aside.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Let no editor through hypercriticism of contributed articles add to this educated suffering.

From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)

John," said I, "this is a truly remarkable world, and only hypercriticism would venture to suggest that it is probably conducted by an inveterate humourist.

From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch