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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024crit•i•cism /ˈkrɪtəˌsɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. - an act of criticizing:[uncountable]Criticism of the paper was constructive.
- an act of passing severe judgment;
censure:[uncountable]leveled their harshest criticism at the judge. - an unfavorable judgment:[countable]Her criticisms of the proposal were that it was impractical and unfair.
- the act or occupation of evaluating a literary or artistic work, musical or dramatic performance, etc.: [uncountable]a piece of literary criticism.[countable]She wrote her criticism of the new play for the newspaper.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024crit•i•cism (krit′ə siz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.
- the act of passing severe judgment;
censure;
faultfinding. - the act or art of analyzing and evaluating or judging the quality of a literary or artistic work, musical performance, art exhibit, dramatic production, etc.
- a critical comment, article, or essay;
critique. - Literatureany of various methods of studying texts or documents for the purpose of dating or reconstructing them, evaluating their authenticity, analyzing their content or style, etc.:historical criticism; literary criticism.
- Literatureinvestigation of the text, origin, etc., of literary documents, esp. Biblical ones:textual criticism.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stricture, animadversion.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See review.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: criticism /ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm/ n - the act or an instance of making an unfavourable or severe judgment, comment, etc
- the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- the occupation of a critic
- a work that sets out to evaluate or analyse
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