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critic

[ krit-ik ]

noun

  1. a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:

    a poor critic of men.

  2. a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, especially for a newspaper or magazine.

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  3. a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.

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  4. Archaic.


critic

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. a person who judges something
  2. a professional judge of art, music, literature, etc
  3. a person who often finds fault and criticizes
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of critic1

1575–85; < Latin criticus < Greek پó skilled in judging (adj.), critic (noun), equivalent to ī́ ( ŧ ) judge, umpire ( ī́ ( nein ) to separate, decide + -tŧ agent suffix) + -ikos -ic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of critic1

C16: from Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos capable of judging, from kritŧ judge; see criterion
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"In no party do you ever agree with everything. I didn't with the Conservatives did I - I was the worst critic," she added.

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Rick Wilson, a veteran Republican campaign advisor, now a vocal Trump critic, compared the two presidents vengeful instincts.

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The English pop star and actress was one of a number of high-profile critics of the Blue Origin flight, which briefly took Perry and five other women to the edge of space two weeks ago.

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But critics have called it "the end of Hong Kong" and say it has created a climate of fear in the city.

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The singer urged critics seeking to cancel performing opportunities to “stand on it being because of your Zionism” instead of linking support for Palestinians to antisemitism.

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