Criticism is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CRITICISM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the act of criticising
• the scholarly investigation of literary or historical texts to determine their origin or intended form.
• the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes
• the analysis and judgement of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work
• The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism.
• The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.
• disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
• a serious examination and judgment of something
• a written evaluation of a work of literature
• fault-finding
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the act of criticizing usually unfavorably; a critical observation or remark; critique

Words related to CRITICISM

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Words that contain CRITICISM

criticisms16 hypercriticism28 hypercriticisms29 oneirocriticism21 countercriticism24 countercriticisms25

How to use CRITICISM in a sentence

• Any severe criticism of Dickens as a novelist must seem, at first glance, unkind an unnecessary.
• His fundamental idea of criticism appeals to us strongly.
• It will, I am afraid, still be found, that there are several things in them which would shrink at the approach of severe criticism.
• Such an age is almost invariably followed by an age of re-action, criticism, realism and analysis.
• These essays are a valuable criticism of life by a man who had a wide experience of life, a man of the world, who possessed an almost inspired faculty of observation.
• Today, there is very little criticism coming up against the ruling BJP government in Goan newspapers.
• The aesthetic theory of Thomas Hobbes with special reference to his contributions to the psychological approach in English literary criticism.
• The buildings in our grand new street may not be beyond criticism, but there are no long lines of buildings of the same heavy dull pattern from end to end.
• Also the report contained very severe criticism of certain senior officers of Air New Zealand.
• Regarding his criticism of the lack of arching action in balls or marbles, he seems to reason that the movement of the marbles would destroy the arch action.
• Still, she had compensating attractions which no severity of criticism could dispute.
• Until Dryden and Rymer, criticism of Shakespeare in the seventeenth century had been occasional rather than systematic.
• But I heard it when it lived, and thou knowest the penalty invited by him who listens to criticism of the king.
• He could have ended with line 14 and then, whatever other criticism might have been passed upon his work, we should have had at least the sonnet form.
• Helpful criticism I take to be the discovery of what is there, and its revelation, with an examination of its history, its truth, and its value.
• Who may be the object of our present criticism, we must confess we know not.
• STAGE ELOCUTION, criticism of Forbes-Robertson on, 19.
• Another criticism, which has already been made by the Danish critic, Georg Brandes, refers to an offence against this very historical sense which is usually so vivid in Bjoernson.
• It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or any art and science, which have not been touched upon by others.
• He does, you know, the best criticism of The Times.
• The discoveries of Oriental archaeology have come with a rude shock to disturb both the conclusions of this imperfectly-equipped criticism and the principles on which they rest.
• The most important influence of radical socialism has been exerted through negative criticism.
• This is a view which very rightly meets with small mercy at the hands of the modern historical school of criticism.
• Yet he took its failure and the adverse criticism very calmly.
• He was perfectly willing to listen to censure or adverse criticism.
• It was an excellent speech about which I made only one criticism, and that concerning a sentence in which he praised the beautiful women and the fine horses of Kentucky.
• Saint-Marc Girardin, on a topic which stands at the threshold of dramatic criticism.

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