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n. The quality, state, or degree of being of the highest importance: "The challenge of our future food supply is approaching criticality” ( New York Times).

n. Physics The point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining.

n. The state of being critical

n. A disposition for purposeful thinking and acting guided by criteria that are considered to be contextually appropriate and that are expected to result in positive outcomes related to the purpose.

n. The point at which a nuclear reaction becomes self-sustaining

n. The quality of being critical.

n. A critical idea or observation.

n. a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining

n. a state of critical urgency

"No requirement of "criticality" is necessary for ideological correctness: the purpose of art is to be aesthetic, and contemporary artists are exploiting the aesthetic possibilities of mass culture to create "fine art" that doesn't pretend to an inherent "superiority" over that culture."

urgency   

dry criticality    criticality matrix    recriticality    criticality accident    wet criticality   

abnormality    bisexuality    brutality    commonality    confidentiality   

recoverability    programmability    trafficability    client-tailored    rightlessness