criticism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
criticism (countable and uncountable, plural criticisms)
- The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed
- The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.
- 2019 September 3, David Karpf, “Bret Stephens Compared Me to a Nazi Propagandist in the New York Times. It Proved My Point.”, in Esquire[1]:
- Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism.
- A critical observation or detailed examination and review.
- 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.
- Synonyms: critique, animadversion, censure
Derived terms[edit]
- anticriticism
- autocriticism
- biocriticism
- constructive criticism
- contextual criticism
- countercriticism
- cybercriticism
- destructive criticism
- ecocriticism
- gynocriticism
- hypercriticism
- literary criticism
- metacriticism
- neocriticism
- New Criticism
- oneirocriticism
- self-criticism
- technocriticism
- textual criticism
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of criticising
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critical review or comment
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References[edit]
- “criticism” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2020.
- criticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading[edit]
- "criticism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 84.