critic
Americannoun
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a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes.
a poor critic of men.
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a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, especially for a newspaper or magazine.
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a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.
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Archaic.
noun
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a person who judges something
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a professional judge of art, music, literature, etc
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a person who often finds fault and criticizes
Other Word Forms
- supercritic noun
Etymology
Origin of critic
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
Example Sentences
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Since early January, it has won top prizes from American film critics and Hollywood directors, and received the Golden Globe for best comedy.
From Barron's
Our critic said the series “is courageous in several ways, including its recognition that people aren’t simple, or easily defined, even for the purposes of crime drama.”
But for critics, there’s an obvious downside: the potential tracking of law-abiding citizens without a warrant on a scale once thought unimaginable.
From Los Angeles Times
Resort operations worsened, some critics say, after the 2020 departure of a respected ski industry executive who had served as CEO.
An effective orator, Khamenei joined the critics of the Shah of Iran: the monarch who was eventually overthrown by the Islamic revolution.
From BBC
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