critic
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ɪk 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, especially for a newspaper or magazine.
3.
a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.
Origin:
1575–85; < Latin criticus < Greek kritikós skilled in judging (adj.), critic (noun), equivalent to krī́t(ēs) judge, umpire (krī́(nein) to separate, decide + -tēs agent suffix) + -ikos -ic
1575–85; < Latin criticus < Greek kritikós skilled in judging (adj.), critic (noun), equivalent to krī́t(ēs) judge, umpire (krī́(nein) to separate, decide + -tēs agent suffix) + -ikos -ic
Related forms
su·per·crit·ic, noun
Synonyms
2. reviewer, judge. 3. censurer, carper.
2. reviewer, judge. 3. censurer, carper.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who judges something |
| 2. | a professional judge of art, music, literature, etc |
| 3. | a person who often finds fault and criticizes |
| [C16: from Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos capable of judging, from kritēs judge; see | |
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Word Origin & History
critic
1580s, from L. criticus, from Gk. kritikos "able to make judgments," from krinein "to separate, decide" (see crisis). The Eng. word always had overtones of "censurer, faultfinder."
"A perfect judge will read each work of wit
With the same spirit that its author writ;"
[Pope, "An Essay on Criticism," 1709]
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Example sentences
Probing satire and whimsical musings by a leading cultural critic, with valuable insights into the city's pop culture.
There wasn't enough meat on the bones for this critic.
It's much easier to be a skeptic and a critic than a visionary.
People of faith know the reasons to doubt their faith more deeply and more personally than any outside critic ever can.
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