Meaning of criticism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed
   uncountable
2. flack, flak
3. A critical observation or detailed examination and review.
   countable
4. a review or critique.
5. female equivalent of crítico
6. a critical theory, doctrine, or approach based upon the method used by Aristotle in the Poetics, implying a formal, logical approach to literary analysis that is centered on the work itself. Cf. Platonic criticism.
   Poetics
7. feminine singular of crítico
8. Rare. a critic of Homeric literature who claims the Iliad and the Odyssey had different authors.
   Rare
9. a school of literary criticism that focuses on the work as an autonomous entity, whose meaning should be derived solely from an examination of the work itself. Cf. New Criticism. — contextualist, n., adj.
10. the type of criticism whose aim is the reduction of knowledge to descriptions of pure experience and the elimination of such aspects as metaphysics. — empiriocritical, adj.
    adj
11. a detailed criticism of a book, dissertation, or other writing.
12. a critical interpretation or explication, especially of biblical and other religious texts. — exegetic, exegetical, adj.
    adj
13. a critical approach, doctrine, or technique that places heavy emphasis on style, form, or technique in art or literature, seeing these as more important than or even determining content.
14. a critical emphasis upon style, arrangement, and artistic means with limited attention to content, — formalist, n. — formalistic, adj.
    n
15. the application of the theories of the personality developed by Freud to the development of characters and other aspects of artistic creation. Cf. psychoanalytical criticism. — Freudian, n., adj.

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Examples

“The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.”

“Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism.”

“The politician received several detailed criticisms of his stance on the issue.”

“Her attitude was that of a person who listens, either to the external world of sound, or to the discourse of thought. A close criticism might have detected signs proving that she was intent on the latter alternative.”

“Buried in the article – meant to demonstrate the urgent need of adopting KOSA by linking minors’ online presence with anything from anxiety and depression to cognitive decline, sex trafficking, and death by overdose – is the mention of one of the key criticisms of the bill, namely, that it will bring in even more censorship.”

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