criticism
[ krit-uh-siz-uhm ]
/ ˈkrɪt əˌsɪz əm /
noun
the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.
the act of passing severe judgment; censure; faultfinding.
the act or art of analyzing and evaluating or judging the quality of a literary or artistic work, musical performance, art exhibit, dramatic production, etc.
any of various methods of studying texts or documents for the purpose of dating or reconstructing them, evaluating their authenticity, analyzing their content or style, etc.: historical criticism; literary criticism.
investigation of the text, origin, etc., of literary documents, especially Biblical ones: textual criticism.
SYNONYMS FOR criticism
4 See
review.
OTHER WORDS FROM criticism
coun·ter·crit·i·cism, noun o·ver·crit·i·cism, noun pre·crit·i·cism, nounWords nearby criticism
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British Dictionary definitions for criticisms
criticism
/ (ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm) /
noun
the act or an instance of making an unfavourable or severe judgment, comment, etc
the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
the occupation of a critic
a work that sets out to evaluate or analyse
Also called: textual criticism
the investigation of a particular text, with related material, in order to establish an authentic text