Definitions for CRITICˈkrɪt ɪk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
crit•icˈkrɪt ɪk(n.)
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes.
a person who evaluates, analyzes, or judges literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, etc., as for a newspaper.
a person who tends too readily to find fault or make harsh judgments; faultfinder.
Archaic.
Ref: criticism .; critique .
Origin of critic:
1575–85; < L criticus < Gk kritikós skilled in judging (adj.), critic (n.) =krit(ēs) judge, umpire (kri(nein) to separate, decide +-tēs agent suffix) +-ikos -ic
Princeton's WordNet
critic(noun)
a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
critic(noun)
anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
critic(noun)
someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
critic(noun)ˈkrɪt ɪk
sb who judges film, literature, arts, etc.
Critics loved her new book.
criticˈkrɪt ɪk
sb who makes a negative judgment
critics of the administration
Wiktionary
critic(Noun)
A person who appraises the works of others.
critic(Noun)
A specialist in judging works of art.
critic(Noun)
One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
critic(Noun)
An opponent.
Origin: From criticus, from κριτικός, from κρίνω.
Webster Dictionary
Critic(noun)
one skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works, etc., and passes judgment upon them; a reviewer
Critic(noun)
one who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper
Critic(noun)
the art of criticism
Critic(noun)
an act of criticism; a critique
Critic(adj)
of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical
Critic(verb)
to criticise; to play the critic
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
CRITIC
A wet blanket that soaks everything it touches.
Translations for CRITIC
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
critic(noun)
a person who judges or comments on books, art etc
He is the book critic for the local newspaper.
- resensent, kritikusAfrikaans
- ناقِدArabic
- критикBulgarian
- críticoPortuguese (BR)
- kritikCzech
- der/die Kritiker(in)German
- anmelder; kritikerDanish
- κριτικόςGreek
- críticoSpanish
- arvustajaEstonian
- منتقدFarsi
- kriitikkoFinnish
- critiqueFrench
- מְבַקֵרHebrew
- आलोचक, समीक्षकHindi
- kritičarCroatian
- (mű)bírálóHungarian
- kritikusIndonesian
- gagnrÿnandiIcelandic
- criticoItalian
- 批評家Japanese
- 비평가Korean
- kritikasLithuanian
- kritiķisLatvian
- pengkritikMalay
- criticusDutch
- kritiker, (bok)anmelderNorwegian
- krytykPolish
- منتقدPersian
- منتقدPashto
- críticoPortuguese
- criticRomanian
- критикRussian
- kritikSlovak
- ocenjevalecSlovenian
- kritičarSerbian
- kritiker, recensentSwedish
- นักวิจารณ์Thai
- eleştirmenTurkish
- 評論家Chinese (Trad.)
- критикUkrainian
- نقاد، تنقيد نگارUrdu
- nhà phê bìnhVietnamese
- 评论家，批评家Chinese (Simp.)
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