criticism

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critic +‎ -ism

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Noun

criticism (countable and uncountable; plural criticisms)

1. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.

   The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.

   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, Barnes & Noble Classics (2005 publication of 1912 Wessex edition), page 276:

     Her attitude was that of a person who listens, either to the external world of sound, or to the discourse of thought. A close criticism might have detected signs proving that she was intent on the latter alternative.

Derived terms

• self-criticism
• constructive criticism
• destructive criticism
• literary criticism

Related terms

• critic
• criticise
• critical

Translations

act of criticising

Albanian: autokritikë, vetëkritikë Arabic: نقد (naqd) Armenian: քննադատություն  (hy) (kʿnnadatutʿyun) Bulgarian: критика (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 批評 (zh), 批评 (zh) (pīpíng), 批判 (zh) (pīpàn), 評論 (zh), 评论 (zh) (pínglùn), 非難 (zh), 非难 (zh) (fēinàn) Czech: kritika (cs) f. Danish: kritik (da) c., dadel (da) c. Dutch: kritiek (nl) Esperanto: kritiko (eo) Estonian: arvustamine (et)

Finnish: kritiikki, arvostelu, arviointi, tarkastelu French: critique (fr) f. German: Kritik (de) f. Greek: κριτική (el) f. Hebrew: ביקורת (biqoret) f. Italian: critica (it) f. Korean: 평 (ko) (pyeong) Kurdish: ڕه‌خنه‌ Romanian: critică (ro) f. Russian: критика (ru) f., порицание (ru) n. Turkish: tenkit, kusur bulma, eleştiri. Ukrainian: критика (krytyka)

References

• “criticism” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
• criticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913