criticism

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Etymology

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 (sq), vetëkritikë
• Arabic: نقد (naqd)
• Armenian: քննադատություն (kʿnnadatutʿyun)
• Bashkir: тәнҡит (tänqit)
• Bulgarian: критика (bg) f (kritika)
• 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 c, dadel c
• Dutch: kritiek (nl)
• Esperanto: kritiko (eo)
• Estonian: arvustamine
• Finnish: kritiikki (fi), arvostelu (fi), arviointi, tarkastelu
• French: critique (fr) f

• Galician: crítica f
• German: Kritik (de) f
• Greek: κριτική (el) f (kritikí)
• Hebrew: ביקורת f (biqoret)
• Irish: beachtaíocht f, cáineadh m, critic f, léirmheastóireacht f
• Italian: critica (it) f
• Korean: 평 (ko) (pyeong)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕه‌خنه‌

• Portuguese: crítica (pt) f, criticismo m
• Romanian: critică (ro) f
• Russian: критика (ru) f (kritika), порицание (ru) n (poricanije)
• Turkish: eleştiri (tr), tenkit (tr)
• Ukrainian: критика (krytyka)

References

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