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crit⋅ic

  [krit-ik]
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–noun
1. a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes: a poor critic of men.
2. a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, esp. for a newspaper or magazine.
3. a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.
4. Archaic.
a. criticism.
b. critique.
Origin:
1575–85; < L criticus < Gk kritikós skilled in judging (adj.), critic (n.), equiv. to krt(ēs) judge, umpire (kr(nein) to separate, decide + -tēs agent suffix) + -ikos -ic

Synonyms:
2. reviewer, judge. 3. censurer, carper.
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crit·ic   (krĭt'ĭk)   
n.  
  1. One who forms and expresses judgments of the merits, faults, value, or truth of a matter.
  2. One who specializes especially professionally in the evaluation and appreciation of literary or artistic works: a film critic; a dance critic.
  3. One who tends to make harsh or carping judgments; a faultfinder.

[Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos, able to discern, from kritēs, judge, from krīnein, to separate, judge; see krei- in Indo-European roots.]
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