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critique

[ kri-teek ]

noun

  1. an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.
  2. a criticism or critical comment on some problem, subject, etc.
  3. the art or practice of criticism.


verb (used with object)

critiqued, critiquing.
  1. to review or analyze critically.

critique

/ ɪˈپː /

noun

  1. a critical essay or commentary, esp on artistic work
  2. the act or art of criticizing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of critique1

First recorded in 1695–1705; from French, from Greek پḗ “the art of criticism,” noun use of feminine of پó “critical, skilled in judging”; replacing critic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of critique1

C17: from French, from Greek پŧ, from kritikos able to discern
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Constructive critiques of major disasters like Vietnam and Iraq they will excoriate as “aid and comfort to the enemy.”

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Even when you know you had the establishment of the New Deal, and after that civil rights, there were a lot of people who were critiquing that.

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He never responded to the multiple critiques of his false claims about the program with cogent counterarguments.

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“I always thought the right overstated how judgmental my party was, and I’ll be candid with you, I have a deeper understanding now of that critique than I ever, ever, ever understood.”

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The governor offered his own blistering critique of his party to explain why he’s sitting down with controversial GOP figures now.

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