English
Etymology
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critic + -ize ; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός ( kritikós , “ of or for judging, able to discern ” ) , from κρίσις ( krísis , “ crisis ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/
Hyphenation: crit‧i‧cize
Verb
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To find fault (with something).
Synonyms: censure , pick at ; see also Thesaurus:criticize
Hyponyms: find fault , shoot down , run down , trash out , fustigate , drub , excoriate
They criticized him for endangering people's lives.
To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults .
Synonyms: censure , appraise , judge
Translations
to find fault
Arabic: اِنْتَقَدَ ( intaqada )
Armenian: քննադատել (hy) ( kʻnnadatel )
Belarusian: крытыкаваць impf ( krytykavacʹ )
Bulgarian: критикувам (bg) ( kritikuvam )
Catalan: criticar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 批評 / 批评 (zh) ( pīpíng ) , 批评 (zh) ( pīpíng )
Czech: kritizovat (cs)
Dutch: kritiseren (nl) , bekritiseren (nl) , afkeuren (nl) , hekelen (nl)
Esperanto: kritiki (eo)
Estonian: arvustama
Finnish: kritisoida (fi) , arvostella (fi) , moittia (fi)
Georgian: გაკრიტიკება ( gaḳriṭiḳeba ) , გაკიცხვა ( gaḳicxva )
German: kritisieren (de) , Kritik ausüben
Greek: επικρίνω (el) ( epikríno ) , ασκώ κριτική ( askó kritikí )
Hebrew: ביקר (he) ( bikér )
Hungarian: kritizál (hu) , bírál (hu) , megró (hu)
Icelandic: setja út á , gagnrýna (is)
Ido: kritikar (io)
Indonesian: mengkritik (id)
Interlingua: criticar
Irish: cáin (ga) , beachtaigh ar
Italian: criticare (it)
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Japanese: 批判する (ja) ( ひはんする, hihan-suru ) , 非難する (ja) ( ひなんする, hinan-suru )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Kurdish:
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Lao: ຕິ ( ti )
Maori: whakatōngā , whakakoha
Norman: crititchi ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kritisere
Persian: عیبجویی کردن ( 'eybjuyi kardan )
Polish: krytykować (pl)
Portuguese: criticar (pt) , culpar (pt)
Romanian: critica (ro)
Russian: критикова́ть (ru) impf ( kritikovátʹ ) , раскритикова́ть (ru) pf ( raskritikovátʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: càin , cronaich , troid
Slovak: kritizovať
Spanish: criticar (es) , culpar (es)
Swedish: kritisera (sv)
Thai: ติ (th) ( dtì )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: eleştirmek (tr) , tenkit etmek (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: beirniadu (cy)
Yiddish: קריטיקירן ( kritikirn )
to evaluate
Arabic: نَقَدَ ( naqada )
Armenian: քննադատել (hy) ( kʻnnadatel )
Bulgarian: оценявам (bg) ( ocenjavam )
Catalan: criticar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 批評 / 批评 (zh) ( pīpíng ) , 批评 (zh) ( pīpíng )
Dutch: kritiseren (nl) , bekritiseren (nl) , beoordelen (nl)
Estonian: arvustama
Finnish: arvostella (fi) , arvioida (fi)
Galician: criticar (gl)
Georgian: გაკიცხვა ( gaḳicxva ) , გაკრიტიკება ( gaḳriṭiḳeba )
German: abwägen (de)
Greek: αξιολογώ (el) ( axiologó ) , κρίνω (el) ( kríno )
Hebrew: ביקר (he) ( bikér )
Hungarian: elbírál (hu) , bírál (hu) , értékel (hu) , minősít (hu)
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Icelandic: gagnrýna (is)
Indonesian: mengkritik (id)
Interlingua: criticar
Irish: cáin (ga) , beachtaigh ar
Italian: criticare (it) , giudicare (it) , valutare (it)
Japanese: 批評する (ja) ( ひひょうする, hihyō-suru )
Norwegian: kritisere
Polish: oceniać (pl)
Portuguese: criticar (pt) , avaliar (pt)
Romanian: critica (ro)
Russian: критикова́ть (ru) impf ( kritikovátʹ ) , раскритикова́ть (ru) pf ( raskritikovátʹ )
Slovak: hodnotiť , posudzovať , recenzovať
Spanish: criticar (es) , juzgar (es)
Swedish: kritisera (sv)
Turkish: değerlendirmek (tr) , değer biçmek (tr) , ölçüp tartmak
Welsh: beirniadu (cy)
Yiddish: קריטיקירן ( kritikirn )
See also
Further reading
“criticize ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“criticize ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .