hypercriticism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hypercriticism
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Grande’s stanbase quickly retaliated, saying that those commenting on her weight were bringing back body-shaming and tabloid-era hypercriticism.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Any operatic version of that play was doomed to hypercriticism.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having acknowledged that the head of David is too massive and the extremities too largely formed for ideal beauty, hypercriticism can hardly find fault with the modelling and execution of each part.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds
All this were hypercriticism, but that the name of Alma Tadema, R.A., is a public guarantee for academical accuracy.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
And, to me, it appears hypercriticism to object to pictures, poems, and statues, calling them not works of art—or fine art—because they have no higher purpose than eye or ear-delight.
From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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