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单词 uncritically
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uncriticallyadv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkrɪtᵻkli/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkrɪtᵻkli/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈkrɪtᵻkl̩i/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkrɪtᵻkl̩i/, U.S. /ˌənˈkrɪdək(ə)li/
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, critically adv.; uncritical adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: Probably partly < un- prefix1 + critically adv., and partly < uncritical adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. Esp. in the context of the scholarly analysis or evaluation of texts: in a way which is not in accordance with critical methods or which lacks critical exactness.
ΚΠ
1731 R. Smalbroke Vindic. Miracles II. ii. 326 He most uncritically insinuates from him, that the famous Ignatius of Antioch was the little Child whom Jesus blessed, took up in his Arms, and set in the midst of his Disciples.
1845 B. Thorpe tr. J. M. Lappenberg Hist. Eng. under Anglo-Saxon Kings I. Introd. p. xxxii Its chief basis is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and a Welsh chronicle, into which the author has interwoven many British traditions, though very uncritically and unchronologically.
1969 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 35 596 His concepts are hopelessly imprecise, his analyses uncritically eclectic, his analogies misguidingly loose.
2007 Church Hist. 76 664 The importance and significance of these Bibles is left uncritically analyzed.
2. In a way which does not judge harshly or censoriously; (also) in a way which lacks good judgement or discernment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adverb]
indifferentlyc1374
indistinctlyc1420
confusedly?1531
undistinctly1548
confusely?c1550
without respect?c1550
without choice1576
intermixedlya1586
unrespectively1586
pell-mell1587
promiscuously1593
mixedly1597
indiscriminate1598
promiscually1602
swoopstake1603
promiscuous1616
irrespectively1624
muddily1648
indiscriminately1652
humdrum1660
indiscriminally1665
undistinguishingly1665
indeterminatelya1676
indiscriminatively1684
indistinguishably1689
indiscretely1698
indistinctively1699
undiscerningly1707
uncritically1763
indiscriminatingly1824
undiscriminatingly1894
unfastidiously1929
1763 Minutes Several Conversat. (Wesleyan Methodist Church) (rev. ed.) 13 Searching the Scripture, by..hearing: Constantly? Every Morning? Humbly? Uncritically, devoutly?
1895 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 634/1 You took with you a temperament uncritically alert to fresh impressions.
1985 W. Sheed Frank & Maisie iii. 40 She loved her parents distractedly and uncritically.
2019 Cape Argus (Nexis) 3 July (E1 ed.) 10 The results of opinion polls are often uncritically accepted by the public.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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