A critique is a written examination and judgment of a situation or of a person's work or ideas.
[formal]
She had brought a book, a feminist critique of Victorian lady novelists. [+ of]
...the Marxist critique of capitalism.
Synonyms: essay, review, analysis, assessment More Synonyms of critique
critique in British English
(krɪˈtiːk)
noun
1.
a critical essay or commentary, esp on artistic work
2.
the act or art of criticizing
Word origin
C17: from French, from Greek kritikē, from kritikos able to discern
critique in American English
(krɪˈtik)
noun
1.
a critical analysis or evaluation of a subject, situation, literary work, etc.
2.
the act or art of criticizing; criticism
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: criˈtiqued or criˈtiquing
3.
to analyze and evaluate (a subject, literary work, etc.); criticize
Word origin
Fr < Gr kritikē (technē), critical (art) < kritikos: see critic
Examples of 'critique' in a sentence
critique
Is it a critique of capitalism or a cry against alienation?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The book is a critique of all that.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is not the intention of the book to critique the theory or substantive findings of the studies.
Lee Harvey Critical Social Research (1990)
This was as real an investigation into homelessness as Dynasty was a searing critique of rampant capitalism.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Interestingly, each cast member is invited to critique the work.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His death has left the world poorer in thinkers who do not let comfortable political taboos and intellectual fashions stifle their critique of capitalism.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Behind the critique of work was the belief that it was not sufficient to resist on capital's terms.
Rowbotham, Sheila The Past is Before Us - feminism in action since the 1960s (1989)
Much of the final stretch is a rather clumsy critique of'global capitalism '.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Certainly, few thinkers of the past two centuries have presented a more powerful critique of capitalism 's destructive power.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other languages
critique
British English: critique NOUN
A critique is a written examination and judgment of a situation or of a person's work or ideas.
She had brought a book, a feminist critique of lady novelists.
American English: critique
Brazilian Portuguese: crítica
Chinese: 评论文章
European Spanish: crítica
French: critique
German: Kritik
Italian: critica
Japanese: 批評
Korean: 평론
European Portuguese: crítica
Latin American Spanish: crítica
(noun)
Definition
a critical essay or commentary
The book is a feminist critique of Victorian female novelists.
Synonyms
essay
He was asked to write an essay about his home town.
review
We've never had a good review in the press.
analysis
They collect blood samples for analysis at the laboratory.
assessment
He was referred to a specialist for assessment.
examination
They have taken the documents away for examination.
commentary
He will be writing a twice-weekly commentary on American society and culture.
appraisal
Self-appraisal is never easy.
treatise
a lengthy treatise on prison reform
Additional synonyms
in the sense of analysis
Definition
the separation of a whole into its parts for study or interpretation
They collect blood samples for analysis at the laboratory.
Synonyms
examination,
test,
division,
inquiry,
investigation,
resolution,
interpretation,
breakdown,
scanning,
separation,
evaluation,
scrutiny,
sifting,
anatomy,
dissolution,
dissection,
assay,
perusal,
anatomization
in the sense of appraisal
Definition
an assessment of the worth or quality of a person or thing