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critique

cri·tique [ kri tk ]


noun  (plural cri·tiques)
Definition:
 
1. review of somebody's work: a written or broadcast assessment of something, usually a creative work, with comments on its good and bad qualities

2. media 
Same as  criticism (sense 3)




transitive verb  (past and past participle cri·tiqued, present participle cri·tiqu·ing, 3rd person present singular cri·tiques)
Definition:
 
give review of: to discuss or comment on something such as a creative work, giving an assessment of its good and bad qualities

[Mid-17th century. Via French< Greek kritikē (tekhnē) "art of criticism" < kritikos (see critic)]
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