hypercriticism

American  

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

noun

1. criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.

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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

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)

We, for our part, are inclined to draw a distinction between three professional risks to which scholars are subject: dilettantism, hypercriticism, and loss of the power to work.

From Introduction to the Study of History by Berry, George Godfrey

The swellings of envy and jealousy gave way to triumph in her own discernment; and all severities of hypercriticism subsided into the gentler vanity, and more humane parade, of patronage.

From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

And we can hardly be accused of hypercriticism, in directing the attention of the editors to a sentence like the following, in the article Diptera, p.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various