hypercriticismn.
/hʌɪpəˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)m/ Excessive criticism; criticism that is unduly severe or minute.
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the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun]
curiosityc1386
delicacya1393
curiousnessc1440
delicatesse1509
delicateness?1529
daintethness1548
exquisiteness?c1550
over-curiousness1573
featness1577
daintiness1579
dainty1590
finicality1594
niceness1604
squeamishness1654
fastidiousness1661
choicenessa1665
overnicety1664
finicalness1675
hypercriticism1678
overniceness1694
nicety1723
over-delicacy1745
daintihood1780
finickiness1833
finicism1844
over-criticism1859
overfineness1859
particularness1859
faddiness1865
finicking1869
picksomeness1881
pernicketiness1890
perfectionism1937
choosiness1945
pickiness1952
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > excessive
hypercritic1619
hypercriticism1678
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. Hypercriticism, an over exact or curious Judgment or Censure passed upon the works of any one.
1824 Edinb. Rev. 40 337 The details of an obnoxious hypercriticism.
1835 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 43 I clean beautifully when you do not dishearten me with hyper~criticism.
1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. Notes 414 Even were these hyper-criticisms, it might be said that they are rightly to be made on a passage which is considered a model of style.
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