criticism
The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed.
Example
“The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.”
Other meanings
A critical observation or detailed examination and review.
“The politician received several detailed criticisms of his stance on the issue.”
Related words
- geocriticism
- overcriticism
- anticriticism
- autocriticism
- biocriticism
- constructive criticism
- contextual criticism
- countercriticism
- cybercriticism
- destructive criticism
- ecocriticism
- form criticism
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “criticism” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.