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1. (n.) critic
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes.
2. critic
a person who evaluates, analyzes, or judges literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, etc., as for a newspaper.
3. critic
a person who tends too readily to find fault or make harsh judgments; faultfinder.
4. critic
Archaic.
Etymology: (1575–85; < L criticus < Gk kritikós skilled in judging (adj.), critic (n.) =kr&imacracute;t(ēs) judge, umpire (kr&imacracute;(nein) to separate, decide +-tēs agent suffix) +-ikos -ic)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) critic
a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
2. (noun) critic
anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
3. (noun) critic
someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
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1. (noun) critic
sb who judges film, literature, arts, etc.
Critics loved her new book.
2. critic
sb who makes a negative judgment
critics of the administration
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| Definition of 'critic' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) critic
of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical
2. (noun) critic
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
3. (noun) critic
one who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper
4. (noun) critic
the art of criticism
5. (noun) critic
an act of criticism; a critique
6. (verb) critic
to criticise; to play the critic
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Sense: a person who judges or comments on books, art etc
He is the book critic for the local newspaper.
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 Afrikaans: resensent, kritikus |
 Arabic: ناقِد |
 Bulgarian: критик |
 Brazilian: crítico |
 Czech: kritik |
 German: der/die Kritiker(in) |
 Danish: anmelder; kritiker |
 Greek: κριτικός |
 Spanish: crítico |
 Estonian: arvustaja |
 Farsi: منتقد |
 Finnish: kriitikko |
 French: critique |
 Hebrew: מְבַקֵר |
 Hindi: आलोचक, समीक्षक |
 Croatian: kritičar |
 Hungarian: (mű)bíráló |
 Indonesian: kritikus |
 Icelandic: gagnrÿnandi |
 Italian: critico |
 Japanese: 批評家 |
 Korean: 비평가 |
 Lithuanian: kritikas |
 Latvian: kritiķis |
 Malay: pengkritik |
 Dutch: criticus |
 Norwegian: kritiker, (bok)anmelder |
 Polish: krytyk |
 Persian: منتقد |
 Pashto: منتقد |
 Portuguese: crítico |
 Romanian: critic |
 Russian: критик |
 Slovak: kritik |
 Slovenian: ocenjevalec |
 Serbian: kritičar |
 Swedish: kritiker, recensent |
 Thai: นักวิจารณ์ |
 Turkish: eleştirmen |
 Taiwanese: 評論家 |
 Ukrainian: критик |
 Urdu: نقاد، تنقيد نگار |
 Vietnamese: nhà phê bình |
 Chinese: 评论家，批评家 |
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