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Noun

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

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Translations

Albanian: autokritikë, vetëkritikë
Arabic: (naqd)
Czech: kritika
Dutch: kritiek
Finnish: kritiikki, arvostelu, arviointi, tarkastelu
French: critique
German: Kritik

Hebrew: ביקורת (biqoret)
Italian: critica
Kurdish:
Turkish: tenkit, kusur bulma, eleştiri.
Ukrainian: критика (krytyka)

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Criticism \Crit"i*cism\ (kr?t"?-s?z'm), n.
1. 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; as,
dramatic criticism.
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The elements ofcriticism depend on the two
principles of Beauty and Truth, one of which is the
final end or object of study in every one of its
pursuits: Beauty, in letters and the arts; Truth, in
history and sciences. --Brande & C.
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By criticism, as it was first instituted by
Aristotle, was meant a standard of judging well.
--Dryden.
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2. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or
expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination
and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.
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About the plan of "Rasselas" little was said by the
critics; and yet the faults of the plan might seem
to invite severe criticism. --Macaulay.
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WordNet criticism
n 1: disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or
shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism
from his opponent" [syn: unfavorable judgment]
2: a serious examination and judgment of something;
"constructive criticism is always appreciated" [syn: critique]
3: a written evaluation of a work of literature [syn: {literary
criticism}]

Moby Dictionary
adverse criticism , analysis , animadversion , appraisal , approval ,
aspersion , assessment , bad notices , bad press , book review ,
captiousness , carping , cavil , caviling , censoriousness , censure ,
comment , commentary , commentation , condemnation ,
critical bibliography , critical journal , critical notice ,
critical review , critique , cryptanalysis , cryptography , cryptology ,
diagnostics , disapproval , disparagement , editorial , epigraphy ,
estimate , estimation , evaluation , examination , exception ,
exegetics , faultfinding , flak , gloss , hairsplitting , hermeneutics ,
hit , home thrust , hostile criticism , hypercriticalness ,
hypercriticism , imputation , judgement , knock , leader ,
leading article , lexicography , literary criticism , metoposcopy ,
nagging , niggle , niggling , nit , nit-picking , notice , obloquy ,
observation , oneirology , opinion , overcriticalness , paleography ,
pathognomy , pestering , pettifogging , physiognomics , physiognomy ,
priggishness , quibble , quibbling , rap , rating , reflection , remark ,
renew , report , reproachfulness , review , running commentary ,
semeiology , semeiotics , slam , stricture , study , swipe ,
symptomatology , taking exception , textual criticism ,
trichoschistism , tropology , valuation , write-up

CRITICISM. The art of judging skillfully of the merits or beauties, defects or faults of a literary or scientific performance, or of a production of art; when the criticism is reduced to writing, the writing itself is called a criticism. 2. Liberty of criticism must be allowed, or there would be neither purity of taste nor of morals. Fair discussion, is essentially necessary to, the truth of history and advancement of science. That publication therefore, is not a libel, which has for its object, not to injure the reputation of an individual, but to correct misrepresentations of facts, to refute sophistical reasoning, to expose a vicious taste for literature, or to censure what is hostile to morality. Campb. R. 351-2. As every man who publishes a book commits himself to the judgment of the public, any one may comment on his performance. If the commentator does not step aside from the work, or introduce fiction for the purpose of condemnation, he exercises a fair and legitimate right. And the critic does a good service to the public who writes down any vapid or useless publication such as ought never to have appeared; and, although the author may suffer a loss from it, the law does not consider such loss an injury; because it is a loss which the party ought to sustain. It is the loss of fame and profit, to which he was never entitled. 1 Campb. R. 358, n. See 1 Esp. N. P. Cas. 28; 2 Stark. Cas. 73; 4 Bing. N. S. 92; S. C. 3 Scott, 340;. 1 M. & M. 44; 1 M. & M. 187; Cooke on Def. 52.