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critic
[ krit-ik ]
noun
- a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:
a poor critic of men.
- a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, especially for a newspaper or magazine.
- a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.
- Archaic.
critic
/ ˈkrɪtɪk /
noun
- a person who judges something
- a professional judge of art, music, literature, etc
- a person who often finds fault and criticizes
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- super·critic noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of critic1
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Example Sentences
A lot of your reflections on the classics are pretty intense, have you ever thought about being a film critic?
“Every critic encounters one book like that,” was his reply.
Greste has also taken a stand in prison as a staunch critic of what has transpired.
Film critic David Ehrlich continues his annual tradition of making a supercut of his favorite films of the year.
However, he asked her to give up her career as a political journalist—she subsequently became a book critic.
Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
Peter Elmsly, a partner of the celebrated Paul Valliant, and himself an importer of books and no mean critic and linguist, died.
She is, however, a severe critic of her own work and is greatly disturbed by indiscriminating praise.
Dominic Bouhours, a French Jesuit, died; celebrated as a learned writer and critic.
If the critic repents his evil deeds, it is because something has happened to awake his remorse.
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