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Critique

The art of criticism.

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Criticism 76% connected

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 l…

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Evaluate 76% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 5

Examen 76% connected

Examination; inquiry.

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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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Notice 76% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Rave 76% connected

imp. of Rive.

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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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Peer review 76% connected

Review of research by other specialists before or after publication.

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Referee 76% connected

One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.

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Reader 74% connected

One who reads.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reader 74% connected

One who reads.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Review 74% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Review 74% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Criticism 92% connected

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 l…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Review 92% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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