criticism
21Criticism — Scandinavian literary critics have a long history of acting as intermediaries between producers and consumers of literary texts. New works are given a great deal of attention in the press, particularly in the national newspapers. Scandinavian… …
Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater
22criticism — Synonyms and related words: adverse criticism, analysis, animadversion, appraisal, approval, aspersion, assessment, bad notices, bad press, book review, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, censure, comment, commentary,… …
23criticism — /ˈkrɪtəsɪzəm / (say krituhsizuhm) noun 1. the act or art of analysing and judging the quality of a literary or artistic work, etc.: literary criticism. 2. the act of passing judgement as to the merits of something. 3. the act of passing severe… …
24criticism — n. 1 a finding fault; censure. b a statement or remark expressing this. 2 a the work of a critic. b an article, essay, etc., expressing or containing an analytical evaluation of something. Phrases and idioms: the higher criticism criticism… …
25criticism — noun Date: 1607 1. a. the act of criticizing usually unfavorably < seeking encouragement rather than criticism > b. a critical observation or remark < an unfair criticism > c …
26criticism — noun 1) she was stung by his criticism Syn: censure, condemnation, denunciation, disapproval, disparagement, opprobrium, fault finding, attack, broadside, stricture, recrimination; informal flak, bad press, panning, put down, knock, slam …
27criticism — noun 1) she was stung by his criticism Syn: fault finding, censure, condemnation, disapproval, disparagement; informal flak, a bad press, panning; Brit.; informal stick 2) literary criticism Syn …
28criticism — noun The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure. The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on …
29CRITICISM — See LITERARY CRITICISM …
30criticism — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A serious estimate or interpretation] Syn. study, analysis, critique; see judgment 2 , review 2 . 2. [Censure] Syn. caviling, carping, faultfinding, stricture; see blame 1 , objection 2 . 3. [An example of criticism, sense… …
