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n. The act of criticizing, especially adversely.

n. A critical comment or judgment.

n. The practice of analyzing, classifying, interpreting, or evaluating literary or other artistic works.

n. A critical article or essay; a critique.

n. The investigation of the origin and history of literary documents; textual criticism.

n. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.

n. The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts.

n. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.

n. The art of judging of and defining the qualities or merits of a thing, especially of a literary or artistic work: as, the rules of criticism.

n. The act of criticizing; discrimination or discussion of merit, character, or quality; the exercise or application of critical judgment.

n. In a restricted sense, inquiry into the origin, history, authenticity, character, etc., of literary documents. Higher criticism concerns writings as a whole; lower criticism concerns the integrity or character of particular parts or passages.

n. A critical judgment; especially, a detailed critical examination or disquisition; a critique.

n. The critical or Kantian philosophy (which see, under critical).

n. a written evaluation of a work of literature

n. disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

n. a serious examination and judgment of something

"Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched, —criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those led, —this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society."

external criticism    higher criticism    morellian criticism   

critical    criticise    critic   

constructive criticism    literary criticism    destructive criticism    self-criticism   

critique    animadversion    censure   

discussion    critic    philosophy    opinion    argument    interpretation    inquiry    knowledge    remark    sentiment