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▪ I. critique|krɪˈtiːk|
[A gradual alteration of the 17–18th c. critick, critic n.2, after French.
Critique occurs in Addison's Dial. Medals (publ. in Wks. 1721), and Pope so altered his spelling in 1729. It became general in the 18th c., though Johnson and most of the dictionaries to the end of the century adhered to critick. Todd substituted critique in his ed. of J. in 1818; the modern pronunciation and stress after F. (or Ger.) appears in 1815.]
1. An essay or article in criticism of a literary (or more rarely, an artistic) work; a review.
1702–21Addison Dial. Medals Wks. 1721 I. iii. 532, I should as soon expect to see a Critique on the Posie of a Ring, as on the Inscription of a Medal. 1729Pope Dunc. i. 173 Not that my quill to Critiques was confin'd [in ed. 1728 Not that my pen to Criticks was confin'd]. 1793Cowper Lett. 17 Feb., I have read the critique of my work in the Analytical Review. 1820Byron Blues i. 22, I just had been skimming a charming critique. 1882C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xix. (1882) 143 Turning out articles and critiques upon the topics of social life, of art, or literature.
2. The action or art of criticizing; criticism.
1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 46, I deem such the basis of candid critique. 1856Meiklejohn tr. Kant's Crit. P.R. 15 Idea and division of a particular science, under the name of a Critique of Pure Reason. 1866J. Martineau Ess. I. 51 The critique of nature in detail is quite beyond us.
▪ II. critique, v. trans.|krɪˈtiːk|
a. To write a critique upon; to review, criticize. (In quot. 1751 prob. stressed ˈcritique: cf. critic v.)
1751Hist. Pompey the Little p. vii, The worst ribaldry of Aristophanes shall be critiqued and commented on. 1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 2 Some writers there are who..all subjects critique. 1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 3 Hogg's tales are critiqued by himself in Blackwood.
b. More generally, to judge critically, to make a critical assessment of or comment on (an action, person, etc.), not necessarily in writing. Chiefly U.S.
1969New Yorker 19 Apr. 81/1 A football coach critiquing a fumble on a film of a game. 1972Jrnl. Social Psychol. LXXXVII. 160 If we, as scientists, critique society, does our ethical commitment stop there? 1973N.Y. Times 21 Jan. iv. 4/1, I would not try to critique what Governor Rockefeller said to his legislature. 1975New Yorker 24 Mar. 32/3 You can watch..a videotape of your own tennis game..to critique your serve. 1978Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. e6/1 Clark is not about to critique the Lions publicly. 1986Washington Post 20 Mar. d5/4 The home economics supervisor who is overseeing and critiquing the progress of ‘Dynamics’ for District Public Schools, has commented [etc.].
Hence criˈtiquing vbl. n.
1975P. Stone in Hard Cheese Nov. 43 The substantive matter was divided into two sections—the first dealing with the sociology of education in terms of critiquing, and, by so doing, illustrating how critique is possible. 1982Washington Post 13 June f1/1 Critiquing for the books is another matter. |