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criticism Definition

criti·cism (krit′ə siz′əm)

noun

  1. the act of making judgments; analysis of qualities and evaluation of comparative worth; esp., the critical consideration and judgment of literary or artistic work
  2. a comment, review, article, etc. expressing such analysis and judgment
  3. the act of finding fault; censure; disapproval
  4. the art, principles, or methods of a critic or critics
  5. the scientific or scholarly investigation of texts or documents to discover their origin, history, or original form

criticism Synonyms

criticism

n.

  1. A serious estimate or interpretation

    study, analysis, critique; see judgment 2, review 2.

  2. Censure

    caviling, carping, faultfinding, stricture; see blame 1, objection 2.

  3. An example of criticism, sense 1

    critique, review, critical essay, survey; see exposition 2, review 2.

criticism Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • Marxism: But I still find your theoretical criticisms of Marxism wholly unpersuasive.
  • judge: However, the increasing criticism of judges is not due to a lack of legal understanding.

Preposition: from

quarter: This project will undoubtedly receive criticism from many quarters and we sense that this commitment will be crucial in the next stages of development.

Converse of object

  • deflect: But a shameless decision has been made to deflect criticism by misleading press and public.
  • attract: Joe Shaw Your style is great, it attracts criticism from us mere males.
  • provoke: The exhibition contained around 30 wallpaper samples, all bright, and all intended to provoke criticism, comment and memories from visitors.
  • damn: The tribunal made damning criticisms of the way in which the Prison Service had handled the matter.
  • reject: Andrew Colman rejected the criticism of our supposed lack of balance whilst assuring the Orange leaders that he respected their right to their views.
  • dismiss: He dismissed criticisms of the ethics of somatic gene therapy.

Adjective modifier

  • constructive: Any constructive criticisms or ideas for new topics are most welcome.
  • literary: He is the author of two books of literary criticism.
  • textual: He could not add to many of the technical aspects of the Western science of textual criticism.
  • harsh: It is unusually harsh criticism, especially coming from a close ally.
  • biblical: In its attempt to be in step with contemporary literary criticism, much biblical criticism unfortunately is somewhat obsolete on arrival.
  • fierce: HIPs have come in for fierce criticism from the property industry, with some warning that they may even risk destabilizing the housing market.

Noun used with modifier

  • hypertext: Many people miss out on a lot of good hypertext criticism.
  • art: I was also nervous of the rather stuffy terminology and arty jargon, which I had seen, used sometimes in art criticism.
  • film: Also provides access to various online indexes for film reviews and film criticism and a database of video distributors in the US.