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., analysis, animadversion, answer, antiseptic, approbative, attack, bait, bear, belabor, belabour, blame, blast, blister, blistering, brickbat, carping, censure, chesterton, co-opt, cod, comment, commentary, constructive, 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, g. k. chesterton, gilbert keith chesterton, goad, good-natured, h. j. eysenck, hans eysenck, hans jurgen eysenck, harassment, hold up, hold water, hot seat, immunity, impersonal, invite, in stride, 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

critical analysis, critical appraisal, writing, written material

literary criticism, unfavorable judgment