acriticaladj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)eɪˈkrɪtᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌeɪˈkrɪdək(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix⁶, critical adj.

Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + critical adj. In sense 1 perhaps after French acritique (1826 or earlier); compare also ancient Greek ἄκριτος that will not come to a crisis. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăkri·tikăl) /əˈkrɪtɪkəl/.

†1. Medicine. Of a disease or symptom: occurring without a crisis; not indicative of a crisis (crisis n. 1). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. I. 15/1 Acritical, that which takes place without any crisis, or which does not foretell a crisis.

2. Not involving or applying critical judgement; uncritical.

ΚΠ

1899 Med. News 11 Mar. 303/1 The acritical grouping of a series of clinically varied affections under the convenient term grip.

1905 Monoist Oct. 485 The Scotch philosophers recognized that the original beliefs, and the same thing is at least equally true of the acritical inferences, were of the general nature of instincts.

1965 Chicago Jrnls. 6 207/3 The acritical premise that religious products of those cultures must be placed in categories of the logical-casual thought of the natural sciences developed in Western civilization.

1993 Our Schools Our Selves May–June 160 The acritical acceptance of a few words or phrases..has left many a teacher, parent and pupil wondering what's happening.

2010 F. Marroni Victorian Disharmonies 34 A woman at the window: an acritical observer of events, a woman typified by social passivity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acritical
释义	acriticaladj. Brit. /(ˌ)eɪˈkrɪtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌeɪˈkrɪdək(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix⁶, critical adj. Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + critical adj. In sense 1 perhaps after French acritique (1826 or earlier); compare also ancient Greek ἄκριτος that will not come to a crisis. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăkri·tikăl) /əˈkrɪtɪkəl/. †1. Medicine. Of a disease or symptom: occurring without a crisis; not indicative of a crisis (crisis n. 1). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. I. 15/1 Acritical, that which takes place without any crisis, or which does not foretell a crisis. 2. Not involving or applying critical judgement; uncritical. ΚΠ 1899 Med. News 11 Mar. 303/1 The acritical grouping of a series of clinically varied affections under the convenient term grip. 1905 Monoist Oct. 485 The Scotch philosophers recognized that the original beliefs, and the same thing is at least equally true of the acritical inferences, were of the general nature of instincts. 1965 Chicago Jrnls. 6 207/3 The acritical premise that religious products of those cultures must be placed in categories of the logical-casual thought of the natural sciences developed in Western civilization. 1993 Our Schools Our Selves May–June 160 The acritical acceptance of a few words or phrases..has left many a teacher, parent and pupil wondering what's happening. 2010 F. Marroni Victorian Disharmonies 34 A woman at the window: an acritical observer of events, a woman typified by social passivity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1833
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