Critic - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
- someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
Extra examples
Critics of the scheme have said that it will not solve the problem of teenage crime.
You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art.
A good critic will refer back to the text often.
The critic's verdict about the show was positive.
...a discerning critic of modern art...
...there's a real dissimilitude between literature and film, and a critic shouldn't evaluate one in terms of the other...
...a critic's dogmatic insistence that abstract expressionism is the only school of 20th century art worthy of serious study...
...that critic's reviews are nothing but self-important drivel...
...notorious as an iconoclast, that music critic isn't afraid to go after sacred cows...
...a social critic who argues that judicial lenity is chiefly to blame for the increased criminality that plagues us...
...a cultural critic who argues that the Internet has now joined television as an opiate of the American people...
The critic gave the film a pithy review.
...a theater critic known for his pontifical pronouncements on what is or is not worth seeing...
...a noted critic has written a short preface to her story to explain some of the historical background...
“It's his best performance yet,” raved one movie critic.
Word forms
singular: critic
plural: critics
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