Critique

Definition: Critique

Critique

Noun

1. An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play).

2. A serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated".

Verb

1. Appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "critique" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references)

Synonyms: Critique

Discrimination

Phrase: il y a fagots et fagots; rem acu tetigisti; la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile; miles apart; a distinction without a difference.

Noun: discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism; nice perception; perception of difference, appreciation of difference; estimation; nicety, refinement; taste; critique, judgment; tact; discernment; (intelligence); acuteness, penetration; nuances.

Dissertation

Commentary, review, critique, criticism, article; leader, leading article; editorial; running commentary.

Judgment

Phrase: "a Daniel come to judgment"; "and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd"; "it is much easier to be critical than to be correct"; la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile; "nothing if not critical"; "O most lame and impotent conclusion".

Award, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report.

Crosswords: Critique

French (censure, commentary, corner, critic, critical, criticalness, critique, crucial, cut, high, knock, notice, pundit, review, reviewer), Portuguese (criticize).

Cinéma de notre temps: François Truffaut ou L'esprit critique (1965)

La Tactique du critique (1995)

État critique (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Critique of Practical Reason (Great Books in Philosophy) (reference)

• Das Kapital: A Critique of Political Economy [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science (reference)

• The Culture We Deserve : A Critique of Disenlightenment (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Bulletin Critique Des Annales Islamologiques - Cd-rom (reference)

• Critique (reference)

• Critique Internationale (reference)

• Cultural Critique (reference)

• Naqd Va Arman = Critique And Vision (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "critique": la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile ♦ Lucas critique. Additional references.

Ending with "critique": Anti-critique, counter-critique, self-critique.

Albanian

kritikë (attack, castigation, censure, criticism, hit, roast, slam, stricture). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقالة نقدية (criticism), ‏نقد (cash, commentary, criticism, criticize, money, paper, rave, recourse, review). (various references)

Bulgarian 

умение да се критикува, критична статия, критика (animadversion, appreciation, comment, criticism, potshot, reflection). (various references)

Chinese 

批评 (Backbiting, Criticise, Criticised, Criticising, Criticism, criticize). (various references)

Czech

kritika (criticism, review). (various references)

Farsi 

فن انتقاد, مقاله انتقادی . (various references)

Finnish

kritiikki (criticism), arvostelu (criticism, review). (various references)

French

critique (critic, critical, criticalness, crucial). (various references)

German

kritische Abhandlung. (various references)

Greek 

κριτική (criticism, review, reviews). (various references)

Hebrew 

מאמר בקורת. (various references)

Hungarian

kritika (crab, criticism, flak). (various references)

Indonesian

tinjauan, kupasan (analysis, peels). (various references)

Italian

critica (comment, critical essay, criticism, critics, review, stricture, write up). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

評論 (criticism), クリー� 色 (Christian, Christian Dior, Christian name, Christian Science Monitor, Christiania, Christmas, Christmas cake, Christmas card, Christmas carol, Christmas concert, Christmas Eve, Christmas present, Christmas tree, clean, clean energy, clean float, clean heater, clean hit, clean rice, clean room, clean up, cleanup trio, clear, clear lacquer, clearance, clearance sale, cleaver, click, clinic, clinometer, clip, clipper, clipping, clitoris, cream, create, creation, creative, creative agency, creative group, creativity, creator, creole, cricket, crinoline, critic, critical, criticism, crystal, crystal glass, EDTV, Extended Definition Television, Kripke, Kristiania, vented heater). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひょうろ�" (criticism), クリティーク . (various references)

Korean 

강평 (Criticising). (various references)

Manx

baghteyrys (criticism). (various references)

Pig Latin

itiquecray

Portuguese

ensaio crítico, apreciação (appraisal, appraisement, comment, esteem, estimation, regard), a arte da crítica. (various references)

Romanian

criticã (attack, bar, criticism, reviewal). (various references)

Russian 

критика (animadversion, criticism, critiques). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

recenzija (review), kritika (castigation, criticism, knock). (various references)

Spanish

crítica (appreciation, censure, chicane, criticism, indictment, notice, reflection, reflexion, review, stricture), palabras críticas. (various references)

Swedish

recension (review). (various references)

Turkish

eleştiri yazısı (review, write up), eleştiri (animadversion, censure, comment, commentary, criticism, denouncement, expostulation, knocking, review, slating, stricture, strictures). (various references)

Turkmen 

tankytlamak, tankyt (criticism, review). (various references)

Ukrainian

рецензія (notice, recension, review), критичний відзив, критика (animadversion, criticism, judgement, judgment). (various references)

Vietnamese 

b� i phê bình nghệ thuật phê bình. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "critique": critiqued, critiques. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Critique" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Artistique, Ceramique, Chimique, Chiriqui, cirtique, cratique, cretique, critigue, critque, crtique, ctirique, ctitique, erotique, ironique, practique, pratique, retique, Sidique, tragique, triptyque, Tropique. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cirque, curite, uretic.

-3 letters: citer, cruet, curet, curie, cuter, cutie, eruct, icier, quiet, quire, quirt, quite, recti, recut, trice, truce, ureic, uteri.

-4 letters: cire, cite, cure, curt, cute, ecru, etic, etui, quit, rice, rite, tier, tire, true, uric.

-5 letters: cue, cur, cut, ecu, ice, ire, rec, rei, ret, rue, rut, tic, tie, tui.

+1 letter: critiqued, critiques.

+3 letters: corequisite.

+4 letters: corequisites.

+5 letters: equilibristic, quasiparticle, reacquainting, reacquisition.