Criticism

Word CRITICISM
Character 9
Hyphenation crit i cism
Pronunciations /ˈkɹɪtɪsɪzəm/

Definitions and meanings of "Criticism"

What do we mean by criticism?

The act of criticizing, especially adversely. noun

A critical comment or judgment. noun

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

A critical article or essay; a critique. noun

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

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. noun

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

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. noun

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

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

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. noun

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

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

A written evaluation of a work of literature noun

Disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings noun

A serious examination and judgment of something noun

The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed

A critical observation or detailed examination and review.

"to be an asshole to others,;to talk junk to others"to dis Urban Dictionary

A phrase uttered after one has usually lambasted or insulted someones life or lifestlyle. This is pure sarcasam at its best, and if used properly makes the person feel confused, and unsure of what you just told them. The term always means you are actually being overly critical and are just trying to defuse a small amout of your criticism. Urban Dictionary

The act of pointing out flaws in a person/work/event. As it turns out, a lot of people tend to handle this quite poorly. Over-inflated ego may have something to do with it. Urban Dictionary

What the majority of the people in the world can't take. Urban Dictionary

A person who judges your definition of a word on UrbanDictionary. Urban Dictionary

A critic is someone who has no discernible talent so tries to make someone else feel as useless as he/she is. Urban Dictionary

A cartoon during the mid 90's that was, go figure, cancelled by FOX. More great cancelled shows include Futurama, Life with Louie, The PJs. The Critic was about the life of Jay Sherman(voiced by Jon Lovitz) who lived in New York City. He was a fat, bald movie critic who never gives a positive review. He has basically no friends and everyone hates him. Each episode had a parody of a movie Jay was reviewing that were usually 2 or 3 years old. It was probably FOX's biggest mistake cancelling it. Now they broadcast dogshit like American Idol and reruns of Becker. It only had 2 seasons. Urban Dictionary

A witty and at times offensive Salient pesudonym. Has something a cult following, and is infamous around Victoria University. Urban Dictionary

Critics, more commonly known as Crickets are a strange breed of humans, feeding off the blood of their victims. Devoid of any talent themselves, Crickets sink their fangs into other peoples talent and drain the hapless victim of all skill and self-respect. Crickets sometimes also can be known to try and rebel against their fellows, resulting in bloody and mass wars, often helped by the Fingerlicans or the party in power at the moment. Urban Dictionary

Crit·tee·kay·shun What you recieve when someone critiques you or something that you did. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Criticism

The word "criticism" in example sentences

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. ❋ William Edward Burghardt (1903)

My main criticism is that the movie fails to make the distinction between real experiment and thought experiment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The main criticism is the Amazon behemoth DRM (Digital Rights Management) issue, where the formats are locked and incompatible with other devices. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The pursuit of complexity in criticism is one thing, and it is certainly true all critics need not be generalists, hoping one day to reach even that reader of U.S.A. Today. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When you use the term criticism, are you really referring to passing judgment? ❋ Unknown (2010)

I cannot understand how so many commenters come to this site and see “pitchforks and burning torches” … Someone MIGHT be able to make the argument that some of the criticism is a pushing it a little but, overall, everyone seems pretty reasonable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As such, they gave Texas a better chance of winning (unlikely but feasible had they gotten the ball back) and this criticism is absurd. shmalex Says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Much of the criticism is about Notre Dame and their role in honoring Obama and not necessarily opposing Obama's speech itself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whatever the criticism is about Democrats, I will gladly accept them over Repubs anyday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Maybe the criticism is the explicitly spiritual ending to a previously hard sci-fi story. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The standard response of Ken Livingstone and his team to criticism is to smear the critic, rather than answer the criticism. ❋ Not A Sheep (2008)

This criticism is as much a misunderstanding as a calumny. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Just because reader Steve bought an unidentified $10 box of chocolates doesn't make his argument valid (if anything it makes it worse), and he doesn't appear to have read the article in question, as his criticism is addressed directly in the original piece. ❋ Unknown (2006)

With the final sentence the daughter exposes her mother as a fool, and her criticism is all the harsher for its indirection. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Senator Robinson makes clear that his criticism is again that the problem with §3 is that it does not withdraw the federal government from local activities. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I mean, from what I can tell, the criticism is a bit subjective and nothing really concrete has occured. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Rather, the criticism is aimed at the single-mindedness of the focus on nuclear power that led to a comparative neglect of many other alternatives, including not only alternative energy sources but improvements in the efficiency of energy utilization. ❋ Unknown (2000)

He knew perfectly well that what you call criticism is engendered by respect and affection, Dot by any feelings of aversion. ❋ Peter, Ustinov (1977)

john:faith your boyfriend is an [ugly bitch] faith:[shut up john] ur an asshol dont talk to me john:haha you [caint] take the criticism ❋ John.p (2007)

dude 1 : How did you like my new girl? dude 2 : I knew her in high school she used to be a real slut. dude 1 : What the fuck is that supposed to mean? dude 2 : Not to be critical, [just sayin]. dude 1 : oh, [allright] it"s cool. dude 2 *[shakes head] in disbelief* ❋ TV CAR (2010)

[Critic]: Your performance was very impressive! However, there are a couple minor nitpicks I have- [Narcissist]: Why don't you fucking do it if you're so goddamn smart, huh!? Viewer: Oh, [whatsamatta] with you? Can't take a little criticism? Critic: No shit. ❋ Intelligence001 (2020)

Let's use music as the criticism here: [Criticizer]: Personally, I think your [vocal range] is a bit limited. Person Who Can't Take Criticism: ppfft stfu u cant [do better] at all Criticizer: Does that matter? Since when did pointing out another person's flaws mean you had to be better than that person? Person Who Can't Take Criticism: always ❋ Mr.Musec (2011)

[The Critic] [rejected] [my word]. ❋ LlamaMama902 (2015)

[Critic] 'Dude, [you SUCK] at guitar' Billy 'Oh, so I guess you're a guitar [genius] then?' Critic 'No, I can't play guitar' ❋ Billy D. Kid (2006)

[The Critic] was one of those cartoons everybody could enjoy, much like the Simpsons(it even had some of the same producers). [It was funny] but no too over the top. Why this show was cancelled is [beyond me]. ❋ Doomsday Jesus (2006)

[Critical Critic] wouldn't [put up with] that shit, he'd be [all over it]. ❋ Harry B (2004)

"Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place, come down and masturbate over [the corpses]" ~ [Ernest Hemingway] on being a [critic] ❋ Kodiac1 (2006)

Kevin: Hey man, I think I might get some golf lessons. Jay: Why man [arn't] [you good] already? Kevin: Yea, but i think it would be good if someone critiqued my swing. Jay: Oh you mean you want [critication]! Kevin: Yea bro I want critication. ❋ Kentuckysunrise22 (2010)

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