Definition of criticism in English:

criticism

noun ˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)mˈkrɪdəˌsɪzəm

mass noun

1The expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes.
he received a lot of criticism
count noun he ignored the criticisms of his friends
Example sentencesExamples
- He is a friend of the West, and that is what makes his criticisms, when they come, so much more devastating.
- But some of his criticisms about lack of professionalism at the club are well made.
- At the Scottish parliament on Thursday, there were few criticisms of the move.
- Do you accept any of the criticisms he makes about the way he was treated and about the way the investigation was run?
- I am going to come back to some of the criticisms about misconduct proceedings themselves in a moment.
- He said he had not yet seen the report and was unaware of the criticisms.
- Bradford Council has rejected criticisms that it failed to follow planning guidelines.
- That's two criticisms with no examples, and I just don't see what you mean at all.
- No criticisms were being made of the Defendants on the basis that they were negligent.
- One of the criticisms of the Halberg Awards is that too few people decide who wins.
- His appeal to a wide section of the public naturally drew criticisms from the purists.
- Indeed, readers have written to the Evening Press expressing these very criticisms.
- So now I'm waiting on them to return a report to me with all their criticisms and queries.
- His irate criticisms flung from the directors' box or prompted by journalists are manifold.
- In fact half the respondents indicated they more or less agreed with the criticisms.
- He likes to get the criticisms in there before anyone else has a chance.
- I think many of the criticisms expressed here hold a lot of water.
- Despite these criticisms, the European governments stuck to the gradual approach.
- With their constant criticisms of each other it is unlikely they can ever be on the same team.
- Despite the bad weather and the criticisms, the players were lobbying for it.
Synonyms
censure, reproval, condemnation, denunciation, disapproval, disparagement, opprobrium, captiousness, fault-finding, carping, cavilling
chastisement, castigation, upbraiding, berating, abuse, vituperation, scolding, chiding
reproofs, remonstrances, broadsides, strictures, admonishments, recriminations, aspersions, slurs, smears
informal nitpicking, knocking, panning, slamming, flak, a bad press, brickbats, knocks, raps, bad notices
British informal stick, verbal, slagging off, slagging, slating
Australian informal sledge
archaic contumely
rare animadversion, objurgation, excoriation, reprobation, arraignment
2The analysis and judgement of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work.
alternative methods of criticism supported by well-developed literary theories
Example sentencesExamples
- Feminist criticism has debated what difference it makes, what difference it should make, if the reader is a woman.
- At the end of the film, he and one of the producers were really eager to hear the criticisms of the audience.
- Jung pointed to the decline over the past years in the fields of Austrian culture and artistic criticism.
- Elizabethan tragedy, on the contrary, doesn't demand so much explanatory criticism.
- I need the support and the constructive criticism to keep me going!
- It opened a new vista in the area of art criticism in Tamil literature.
- There is not a word of serious analysis or criticism in the entire volume.
- I begin with some contextualization of what is at stake here for Milton criticism.
- It has taken highly specialised forms of criticism to separate creative writers from their critics.
- When they relate poetry to music, they invite harsh criticism on two fronts, not just one.
- Indeed, philosophy should be a good deal more like literary or artistic criticism than it thinks it is.
- What is perhaps most dispiriting about this book is the tone of these criticisms.
- The rule compels the writer to receive criticism in a workshop without responding.
- The same cannot be said for criticisms which appeared in The Scotsman newspaper on Friday.
- We needed opinions, and editing and criticism, just as we need in teaching in order to develop and perfect.
- Narrative criticism has made a major impact on study of the gospels.
- The internet is a good stage for writers to receive criticism and support, and to improve quickly.
- In this sense, literary and cultural criticism can be a useful diagnostic instrument.
- I asked them to write two sentences of alliterative art criticism.
- But my really harsh criticisms of the film are kept for the film's attempts at meaning.
Synonyms
evaluation, assessment, examination, appreciation, appraisal, analysis, judgement
comment, commentary, interpretation, explanation, explication, elucidation, annotation, notation
opinions, views, observations, pronouncements, remarks, notes
rare scholia
1. 2.1 The scholarly investigation of literary or historical texts to determine their origin or intended form.
  Example sentencesExamples
  His third volume, Poems, and collections of prose and criticism appeared in 1928.
  That is what Barthes is seeking in his earliest work of criticism, Le Degré zéro de l' écriture.
  Her library stocks a handful of copies of the Steinbeck texts she needs, but not a single work of literary theory or criticism.
  We can only assume that the sort of reading which writers must undertake is not one covered by the term criticism.
  Today, we have the tools of historical scholarship, biblical criticism, and science.
  Many students would be happier if poetry was poetry, and criticism was criticism.
  It is a work of biography and criticism with the drama and sweep of a historical novel.
  As a writer of poetry I have more freedom to do this than as a writer of academic prose or criticism.

Origin

Early 17th century: from critic or Latin criticus + -ism.

Definition of criticism in US English:

criticism

nounˈkrɪdəˌsɪzəmˈkridəˌsizəm

1The expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistakes.
he received a lot of criticism
he ignored the criticisms of his friends
Example sentencesExamples
- I am going to come back to some of the criticisms about misconduct proceedings themselves in a moment.
- Do you accept any of the criticisms he makes about the way he was treated and about the way the investigation was run?
- Despite the bad weather and the criticisms, the players were lobbying for it.
- With their constant criticisms of each other it is unlikely they can ever be on the same team.
- He likes to get the criticisms in there before anyone else has a chance.
- I think many of the criticisms expressed here hold a lot of water.
- Despite these criticisms, the European governments stuck to the gradual approach.
- At the Scottish parliament on Thursday, there were few criticisms of the move.
- So now I'm waiting on them to return a report to me with all their criticisms and queries.
- He said he had not yet seen the report and was unaware of the criticisms.
- His irate criticisms flung from the directors' box or prompted by journalists are manifold.
- His appeal to a wide section of the public naturally drew criticisms from the purists.
- Indeed, readers have written to the Evening Press expressing these very criticisms.
- In fact half the respondents indicated they more or less agreed with the criticisms.
- Bradford Council has rejected criticisms that it failed to follow planning guidelines.
- That's two criticisms with no examples, and I just don't see what you mean at all.
- One of the criticisms of the Halberg Awards is that too few people decide who wins.
- No criticisms were being made of the Defendants on the basis that they were negligent.
- He is a friend of the West, and that is what makes his criticisms, when they come, so much more devastating.
- But some of his criticisms about lack of professionalism at the club are well made.
Synonyms
censure, reproval, condemnation, denunciation, disapproval, disparagement, opprobrium, captiousness, fault-finding, carping, cavilling
2The analysis and judgment of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work.
alternative methods of criticism supported by well-developed literary theories
Example sentencesExamples
- Feminist criticism has debated what difference it makes, what difference it should make, if the reader is a woman.
- I need the support and the constructive criticism to keep me going!
- It has taken highly specialised forms of criticism to separate creative writers from their critics.
- We needed opinions, and editing and criticism, just as we need in teaching in order to develop and perfect.
- Indeed, philosophy should be a good deal more like literary or artistic criticism than it thinks it is.
- I begin with some contextualization of what is at stake here for Milton criticism.
- In this sense, literary and cultural criticism can be a useful diagnostic instrument.
- It opened a new vista in the area of art criticism in Tamil literature.
- Narrative criticism has made a major impact on study of the gospels.
- The internet is a good stage for writers to receive criticism and support, and to improve quickly.
- What is perhaps most dispiriting about this book is the tone of these criticisms.
- When they relate poetry to music, they invite harsh criticism on two fronts, not just one.
- Jung pointed to the decline over the past years in the fields of Austrian culture and artistic criticism.
- Elizabethan tragedy, on the contrary, doesn't demand so much explanatory criticism.
- I asked them to write two sentences of alliterative art criticism.
- There is not a word of serious analysis or criticism in the entire volume.
- The rule compels the writer to receive criticism in a workshop without responding.
- At the end of the film, he and one of the producers were really eager to hear the criticisms of the audience.
- But my really harsh criticisms of the film are kept for the film's attempts at meaning.
- The same cannot be said for criticisms which appeared in The Scotsman newspaper on Friday.
Synonyms
evaluation, assessment, examination, appreciation, appraisal, analysis, judgement
1. 2.1 The scholarly investigation of literary or historical texts to determine their origin or intended form.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is a work of biography and criticism with the drama and sweep of a historical novel.
  Her library stocks a handful of copies of the Steinbeck texts she needs, but not a single work of literary theory or criticism.
  As a writer of poetry I have more freedom to do this than as a writer of academic prose or criticism.
  Today, we have the tools of historical scholarship, biblical criticism, and science.
  Many students would be happier if poetry was poetry, and criticism was criticism.
  We can only assume that the sort of reading which writers must undertake is not one covered by the term criticism.
  That is what Barthes is seeking in his earliest work of criticism, Le Degré zéro de l' écriture.
  His third volume, Poems, and collections of prose and criticism appeared in 1928.

Origin

Early 17th century: from critic or Latin criticus + -ism.

单词	criticism
释义	Definition of criticism in English: criticism noun ˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)mˈkrɪdəˌsɪzəm mass noun 1The expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes. he received a lot of criticism count noun he ignored the criticisms of his friends Example sentencesExamples He is a friend of the West, and that is what makes his criticisms, when they come, so much more devastating. But some of his criticisms about lack of professionalism at the club are well made. At the Scottish parliament on Thursday, there were few criticisms of the move. Do you accept any of the criticisms he makes about the way he was treated and about the way the investigation was run? I am going to come back to some of the criticisms about misconduct proceedings themselves in a moment. He said he had not yet seen the report and was unaware of the criticisms. Bradford Council has rejected criticisms that it failed to follow planning guidelines. That's two criticisms with no examples, and I just don't see what you mean at all. No criticisms were being made of the Defendants on the basis that they were negligent. One of the criticisms of the Halberg Awards is that too few people decide who wins. His appeal to a wide section of the public naturally drew criticisms from the purists. Indeed, readers have written to the Evening Press expressing these very criticisms. So now I'm waiting on them to return a report to me with all their criticisms and queries. His irate criticisms flung from the directors' box or prompted by journalists are manifold. In fact half the respondents indicated they more or less agreed with the criticisms. He likes to get the criticisms in there before anyone else has a chance. I think many of the criticisms expressed here hold a lot of water. Despite these criticisms, the European governments stuck to the gradual approach. With their constant criticisms of each other it is unlikely they can ever be on the same team. Despite the bad weather and the criticisms, the players were lobbying for it. Synonyms censure, reproval, condemnation, denunciation, disapproval, disparagement, opprobrium, captiousness, fault-finding, carping, cavilling chastisement, castigation, upbraiding, berating, abuse, vituperation, scolding, chiding reproofs, remonstrances, broadsides, strictures, admonishments, recriminations, aspersions, slurs, smears informal nitpicking, knocking, panning, slamming, flak, a bad press, brickbats, knocks, raps, bad notices British informal stick, verbal, slagging off, slagging, slating Australian informal sledge archaic contumely rare animadversion, objurgation, excoriation, reprobation, arraignment 2The analysis and judgement of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work. alternative methods of criticism supported by well-developed literary theories Example sentencesExamples Feminist criticism has debated what difference it makes, what difference it should make, if the reader is a woman. At the end of the film, he and one of the producers were really eager to hear the criticisms of the audience. Jung pointed to the decline over the past years in the fields of Austrian culture and artistic criticism. Elizabethan tragedy, on the contrary, doesn't demand so much explanatory criticism. I need the support and the constructive criticism to keep me going! It opened a new vista in the area of art criticism in Tamil literature. There is not a word of serious analysis or criticism in the entire volume. I begin with some contextualization of what is at stake here for Milton criticism. It has taken highly specialised forms of criticism to separate creative writers from their critics. When they relate poetry to music, they invite harsh criticism on two fronts, not just one. Indeed, philosophy should be a good deal more like literary or artistic criticism than it thinks it is. What is perhaps most dispiriting about this book is the tone of these criticisms. The rule compels the writer to receive criticism in a workshop without responding. The same cannot be said for criticisms which appeared in The Scotsman newspaper on Friday. We needed opinions, and editing and criticism, just as we need in teaching in order to develop and perfect. Narrative criticism has made a major impact on study of the gospels. The internet is a good stage for writers to receive criticism and support, and to improve quickly. In this sense, literary and cultural criticism can be a useful diagnostic instrument. I asked them to write two sentences of alliterative art criticism. But my really harsh criticisms of the film are kept for the film's attempts at meaning. Synonyms evaluation, assessment, examination, appreciation, appraisal, analysis, judgement comment, commentary, interpretation, explanation, explication, elucidation, annotation, notation opinions, views, observations, pronouncements, remarks, notes rare scholia 2.1 The scholarly investigation of literary or historical texts to determine their origin or intended form. Example sentencesExamples His third volume, Poems, and collections of prose and criticism appeared in 1928. That is what Barthes is seeking in his earliest work of criticism, Le Degré zéro de l' écriture. Her library stocks a handful of copies of the Steinbeck texts she needs, but not a single work of literary theory or criticism. We can only assume that the sort of reading which writers must undertake is not one covered by the term criticism. Today, we have the tools of historical scholarship, biblical criticism, and science. Many students would be happier if poetry was poetry, and criticism was criticism. It is a work of biography and criticism with the drama and sweep of a historical novel. As a writer of poetry I have more freedom to do this than as a writer of academic prose or criticism. Origin Early 17th century: from critic or Latin criticus + -ism. Definition of criticism in US English: criticism nounˈkrɪdəˌsɪzəmˈkridəˌsizəm 1The expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistakes. he received a lot of criticism he ignored the criticisms of his friends Example sentencesExamples I am going to come back to some of the criticisms about misconduct proceedings themselves in a moment. Do you accept any of the criticisms he makes about the way he was treated and about the way the investigation was run? Despite the bad weather and the criticisms, the players were lobbying for it. With their constant criticisms of each other it is unlikely they can ever be on the same team. He likes to get the criticisms in there before anyone else has a chance. I think many of the criticisms expressed here hold a lot of water. Despite these criticisms, the European governments stuck to the gradual approach. At the Scottish parliament on Thursday, there were few criticisms of the move. So now I'm waiting on them to return a report to me with all their criticisms and queries. He said he had not yet seen the report and was unaware of the criticisms. His irate criticisms flung from the directors' box or prompted by journalists are manifold. His appeal to a wide section of the public naturally drew criticisms from the purists. Indeed, readers have written to the Evening Press expressing these very criticisms. In fact half the respondents indicated they more or less agreed with the criticisms. Bradford Council has rejected criticisms that it failed to follow planning guidelines. That's two criticisms with no examples, and I just don't see what you mean at all. One of the criticisms of the Halberg Awards is that too few people decide who wins. No criticisms were being made of the Defendants on the basis that they were negligent. He is a friend of the West, and that is what makes his criticisms, when they come, so much more devastating. But some of his criticisms about lack of professionalism at the club are well made. Synonyms censure, reproval, condemnation, denunciation, disapproval, disparagement, opprobrium, captiousness, fault-finding, carping, cavilling 2The analysis and judgment of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work. alternative methods of criticism supported by well-developed literary theories Example sentencesExamples Feminist criticism has debated what difference it makes, what difference it should make, if the reader is a woman. I need the support and the constructive criticism to keep me going! It has taken highly specialised forms of criticism to separate creative writers from their critics. We needed opinions, and editing and criticism, just as we need in teaching in order to develop and perfect. Indeed, philosophy should be a good deal more like literary or artistic criticism than it thinks it is. I begin with some contextualization of what is at stake here for Milton criticism. In this sense, literary and cultural criticism can be a useful diagnostic instrument. It opened a new vista in the area of art criticism in Tamil literature. Narrative criticism has made a major impact on study of the gospels. The internet is a good stage for writers to receive criticism and support, and to improve quickly. What is perhaps most dispiriting about this book is the tone of these criticisms. When they relate poetry to music, they invite harsh criticism on two fronts, not just one. Jung pointed to the decline over the past years in the fields of Austrian culture and artistic criticism. Elizabethan tragedy, on the contrary, doesn't demand so much explanatory criticism. I asked them to write two sentences of alliterative art criticism. There is not a word of serious analysis or criticism in the entire volume. The rule compels the writer to receive criticism in a workshop without responding. At the end of the film, he and one of the producers were really eager to hear the criticisms of the audience. But my really harsh criticisms of the film are kept for the film's attempts at meaning. The same cannot be said for criticisms which appeared in The Scotsman newspaper on Friday. Synonyms evaluation, assessment, examination, appreciation, appraisal, analysis, judgement 2.1 The scholarly investigation of literary or historical texts to determine their origin or intended form. Example sentencesExamples It is a work of biography and criticism with the drama and sweep of a historical novel. Her library stocks a handful of copies of the Steinbeck texts she needs, but not a single work of literary theory or criticism. As a writer of poetry I have more freedom to do this than as a writer of academic prose or criticism. Today, we have the tools of historical scholarship, biblical criticism, and science. Many students would be happier if poetry was poetry, and criticism was criticism. We can only assume that the sort of reading which writers must undertake is not one covered by the term criticism. That is what Barthes is seeking in his earliest work of criticism, Le Degré zéro de l' écriture. His third volume, Poems, and collections of prose and criticism appeared in 1928. Origin Early 17th century: from critic or Latin criticus + -ism.
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