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overcritical

American  
[oh-ver-krit-i-kuhl] / ˈoʊ vərˈkrɪt ɪ kəl /

adjective

  1. excessively critical; hypercritical.


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Etymology

Origin of overcritical

First recorded in 1850–55; over- + critical


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And how do you get rid of an overcritical inner censor?

From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2023

The Soup, consumers were encouraged to apply an overcritical eye toward the women they saw on the page and screen.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2022

Is he totally warm and cuddly Dad with them, but overcritical and insecure with your boy?

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2021

Miller could be overcritical at times, a notion amplified in the last few years.

From Golf Digest ● Feb. 4, 2019

Perhaps he had an animus against these bumptious, undeferential, overcritical Americans, and thought it was time to give one of them a lesson.

From In the Claws of the German Eagle by Albert Rhys Williams

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