criterium

[ krahy-teer-ee-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also crit race []. Cycling. a single-day bicycle race consisting of several laps around a closed road course, with all contestants starting at the same time:
Competitive events in cycling include road races, time trials, and criteriums.
Rare. criterion ( def ).

First recorded in 1965–70 criterium fordef 1; 1890–95, in the sense “motorcycle race”; 1620–30 criterium fordef 2; from Latin, from Greek kritḗrion “a standard”; criterion ( def )

Something undeniable is shining—something that the professors of philosophy call a criterium.

Thus we have a very simple criterium which permits us to distinguish that which is religious from that which is not.

It is to this criterium that Frazer, and with him numerous ethnographers, systematically makes reference.

Hence come difficulties and embarrassments which are avoided by substituting for this criterium the one we now employ.

The Criterium is also known as Keller's, and has a large English clientèle.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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