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ˈcritico- combining form (after Gr. κριτικο-), = critically, critical and{ddd}: as in critico-historical, -poetical, -theological, etc., adjs.
1817T. L. Peacock Melincourt xxxix, The members of this critico-poetical council. 1823Parr Wks. 1828 VII. 282 Some critico-theological matter on Deuteronomy. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 162 Stronger than his critico-historical [conscience]. b. Also used as a base for nonce-words, as critiˈcometer, a measurer of critics or criticism. ˌcriticoˈphobia, fear or horror of critics.
1883Athenæum 20 Oct. 493/1 We thus obtain a scientific measurement of the thought..and the criticometer is before us. 1836Fraser's Mag. XIII. 338 A peculiar sensitiveness (technically called criticophobia) has possessed the mind of every great author. |