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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to criticism:   (155 results)

Appears in the definition of:
analysis, animadversion, answer, antiseptic, approbative, attack, bait, bear, belabor, belabour, blame, blast, blister, blistering, brickbat, carping, censure, chesterton, cod, comment, commentary, constructive, co-opt, critical, criticise, criticize, deconstruction, deconstructionism, direct, draw, exception, exoneration, explication de texte, faultfinding, find fault, fire, flack, flak, flak catcher, forthright, goad, good-natured, harassment, hold up, hold water, hot seat, immunity, impersonal, in stride, invite, kindly, knock, level, literary, literary review, masora, 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, untouchable, upbraid, venomous, vindication, vituperative, vulnerable, well-meant, whip

More specific:
analysis, attack, blast, brickbat, carping, critical review, critique, examen, explication de texte, faultfinding, fire, flak, knock, new criticism, potshot, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, review, review article, roast, self-criticism, slating, stricture, textual criticism, thrust

Often used in the same context:
crisis, curiosity, deceitful, hypocrisy, prism

More general:
critical analysis, critical appraisal, disapproval, writing, written material

Synonyms:
critique, literary criticism, unfavorable judgment



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