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critique
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun critique has 2 senses
- critique(n = noun.communication) critical review, review, review article - an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play); Array is a kind of criticism, literary criticism
- critique(n = noun.cognition) criticism - a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated" is a kind of critical analysis, critical appraisal
has particulars: book review, notice, rave
Derived form verb critique1
has particulars: examen, knock, roast, self-criticism
Derived form verb critique1
Verb critique has 1 sense
- critique(v = verb.communication) review - appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" is one way to evaluate, judge, pass judgment
Derived forms noun critique2, noun critique1
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue critique the movie
CIDE DICTIONARY
critique, n. [F. critique, f., fr. Gr. kritikh` (sc. te`chnh) the critical art, from kritiko`s. See Critic.].
- The art of criticism. [1913 Webster]
- A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and thorough analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's “Critique of Pure Reason.” [1913 Webster]"I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal." [1913 Webster]
- A critic; one who criticises. [1913 Webster]"A question among critiques in the ages to come." [1913 Webster]
To criticise or pass judgment upon. Pope. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
critique, n. & v.
--n. a critical essay or analysis; an instance or the process of formal criticism.
--v.tr. (critiques, critiqued, critiquing) discuss critically.
--n. a critical essay or analysis; an instance or the process of formal criticism.
--v.tr. (critiques, critiqued, critiquing) discuss critically.
Etymology
F f. Gk kritike tekhne critical art
THESAURUS
critique
analysis, approval, book review, censure, comment, commentary, commentation, copy, critical bibliography, critical journal, critical notice, critical review, criticism, dwelling upon, editorial, elaboration, gloss, going over, iteration, leader, leading article, literary criticism, notice, practicing, reaffirmation, recap, recapitulation, recital, recountal, recounting, rehash, rehearsal, reissue, reiteration, remark, report, reprint, restatement, resume, retelling, review, running commentary, summary, summing up, write-upROGET THESAURUS
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Dissertation
N dissertation, treatise, essay, thesis, theme, monograph, tract, tractate, tractation, discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, homily, pandect, excursus, commentary, review, critique, criticism, article, leader, leading article, editorial, running commentary, investigation, study, discussion, exposition, commentator, critic, essayist, pamphleteer, discursive, discoursive, disquisitionary, expository.Discrimination
N discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism, nice perception, perception of difference, appreciation of difference, estimation, nicety, refinement, taste, critique, judgment, tact, discernment, acuteness, penetration, nuances, dope, past performances, discriminating, dioristic, discriminative, distinctive, nice, il y a fagots et fagots, rem acu tetigisti, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, miles apart, a distinction without a difference.Judgment
N judgment, result, conclusion, upshot, deduction, inference, ergotism, illation, corollary, porism, moral, estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication, dijudication, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration, assessment, ponderation, valorization, award, estimate, review, criticism, critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata, plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, asessor, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur, commentator, inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback, judging, judicious, determinate, conclusive, on the whole, all things considered, a Daniel come to judgment, and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd, it is much easier to be critical than to be correc, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, nothing if not critical, O most lame and impotent conclusion.
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