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Criticism

The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism.

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Narrower term 19

Analysis 76% connected

A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the compo…

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Blast 76% connected

A violent gust of wind.

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Brickbat 76% connected

A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4.

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Carping 76% connected

of Carp

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Critique 76% connected

The art of criticism.

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Examen 76% connected

Examination; inquiry.

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Knock 76% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Rebuke 76% connected

To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove;…

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Reprehension 76% connected

Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.

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Reprimand 76% connected

Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

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Reproof 76% connected

Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Roast 76% connected

To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces wit…

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Slating 76% connected

of Slate

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Static 76% connected

Alt. of Statical

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Stricture 76% connected

Strictness.

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Thrust 76% connected

Thrist.

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Disapproval 76% connected

Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Critical 74% connected

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

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Critical 74% connected

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

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Knock 74% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Knock 74% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Critique 92% connected

The art of criticism.

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