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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to criticism:   (168 results)

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., analysis, animadversion, answer, antiseptic, approbative, attack, bait, bear, belabor, belabour, blame, blast, blister, blistering, brickbat, carping, censure, chesterton, cod, comment, commentary, constructive, co-opt, critical, criticise, criticize, deconstruction, deconstructionism, deconstructionist, defensiveness, direct, draw, exception, exoneration, explication de texte, eysenck, faultfinding, find fault, fire, flack, flack catcher, flak, flak catcher, forthright, gilbert keith chesterton, g. k. chesterton, goad, good-natured, hans eysenck, hans jurgen eysenck, harassment, h. j. eysenck, hold up, hold water, hot seat, immunity, impersonal, in stride, invite, kindly, knock, level, literary, literary review, masora, masorah, misinterpret, misunderstood, molestation, needle, negative, new criticism, object, overbear, pick, pick apart, polemically, potshot, rag, rally, razz, rebuke, reply, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, reproval, response, ride, roast, sacred cow, scald, scalding, scathing, self-criticism, sharp, social phobia, specify, spiritless, stand up, static, stick up, stricture, sub rosa, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, temper, temperate, tempered, thrust, trenchant, twit, unearned, unmeritorious, untouchable, upbraid, venomous, vindication, vituperative, vulnerable, well-meant, whip

More specific:
analysis, attack, blast, brickbat, carping, critical review, critique, examen, explication de texte, faultfinding, fire, flak, knock, new criticism, potshot, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, review, review article, roast, self-criticism, slating, stricture, textual criticism, thrust

Often used in the same context:
crisis, critisism, curiosity, deceitful, hypocrisy, prism

More general:
critical analysis, critical appraisal, disapproval, writing, written material

Synonyms:
critique, literary criticism, unfavorable judgment



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