criticism

English

Etymology

critic +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪtɪsɪzəm/
• Hyphenation: crit‧i‧cism

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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.

Synonyms

• critique

Derived terms

Derived terms

• constructive criticism
• destructive criticism

• literary criticism
• self-criticism

Related terms

• critic
• criticise
• critical

Translations

act of criticising

• Albanian: autokritikë (sq), vetëkritikë (sq)
• Arabic: نَقْد‏‎ (naqd)
• Armenian: քննադատություն (hy) (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 (fi)
• French: critique (fr) f
• Galician: crítica f
• German: Kritik (de) f
• Greek: κριτική (el) f (kritikí), επίκριση (el) f (epíkrisi), κατάκριση (el) f (katákrisi)
• Hebrew: ביקורת / בִּקֹּרֶת‏‎ (he) f (biqóret)

• Hungarian: kritika (hu)
• Irish: beachtaíocht f, cáineadh m, critic f, léirmheastóireacht f
• Italian: critica (it) f
• Japanese: 批評 (ja) (hihyō)
• Korean: 평 (ko) (pyeong)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕه‌خنه‌‏‎

• Polish: krytyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: crítica (pt) f, criticismo m
• Romanian: critică (ro) f
• Russian: кри́тика (ru) f (krítika), порица́ние (ru) n (poricánije)
• Spanish: crítica (es) f
• Swedish: kritik (sv) c
• Tagalog: pamumuna, panunuri
• Turkish: eleştiri (tr), tenkit (tr)
• Ukrainian: критика (krytyka)
• Yiddish: קריטיק‏‎ f (kritik)

References

• “criticism” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2017.
• criticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913