Creticism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Crete +‎ -ic +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

Creticism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The use of falsehoods; lying.
    • 1915, The Chronicle, page 15:
      Another Creticism is the solemn assurance that the Roman Church is not in politics. It is a fact well known that the Papacy maintains an “Apostolic Delegation” in Washington accredited to the Church []
    • 2009, Donald Phillip Verene, Speculative Philosophy, page 73:
      This is a noble art because it is wisdom itself to know what singing is required. Knowledge, unlike wisdom is a form of Creticism, an inverted Creticism. The rational, scientific knower is the reverse of the Cretan: []