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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | Greek kritike 'critic's art', from kritikos; CRITIC |
AL a detailed explanation of the problems of something such as a set of political ideas [↪ evaluation]
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critic, review, criticism, critique!! Do not use critic to refer to something that a critic says or writes.A review is the usual word for a short article that a critic writes in a newspaper or magazine • His first novel got wonderful reviews. • Have you read the reviews of her play?criticism is the activity of publishing opinions about things such as books and films, or a group of essays, lectures etc on this subject • a collection of literary criticismA critique is a detailed explanation of the problems of something such as a set of political ideas, in the form of a speech, book, article etc • He wrote a critique of capitalism. ➔ See also critic
word choice critic, review, criticism, critique!! Do not use critic to refer to something that a critic says or writes.A review is the usual word for a short article that a critic writes in a newspaper or magazine • His first novel got wonderful reviews. • Have you read the reviews of her play?criticism is the activity of publishing opinions about things such as books and films, or a group of essays, lectures etc on this subject • a collection of literary criticismA critique is a detailed explanation of the problems of something such as a set of political ideas, in the form of a speech, book, article etc • He wrote a critique of capitalism. ➔ See also critic
