# critic

Pronunciation: say "KRIT-ik" /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/

## Noun

1. A person who finds fault or expresses disapproval of someone or something.
   - Simple: Someone who often points out what is wrong with a person, plan, or idea.
   - _As a vocal critic of the new policy, she wrote letters to the council every week._
   - _The mayor dismissed his critics as people who never offered any solutions._
2. An expert who judges works of art and publishes assessments of their quality.
   - Simple: A person whose job is to judge art, books, films, or music and share opinions on them.
   - _A respected theater critic, she had reviewed every major production for two decades._
   - _Music critics were sharply divided over the album's experimental sound._
3. A person who evaluates and judges the work produced by others.
   - Simple: A person who looks at the work others have made and judges how good it is.
   - _Every critic at the competition scored the entries independently._
   - _The panel of critics assessed each design against strict standards._
4. A person who stands in opposition to someone or something.
   - Simple: Someone who stands against a person, plan, or idea.
   - _As a longtime critic of the regime, he was eventually forced to flee the country._
   - _Critics of the merger gathered enough votes to delay the deal._

## Noun

5. Obsolete form of critique. *(obsolete)* — Obsolete form of critique (“an act of criticism”).
   - Simple: Obsolete form of critique. An old spelling once used for a piece of criticism.
6. Obsolete form of critique. *(obsolete)* — Obsolete form of critique (“the art of criticism”).
   - Simple: Obsolete form of critique. An old word for the art of judging and analyzing work.

## Verb

7. To find fault with or judge the merits and faults of someone or something. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To find fault with someone or something.

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, ultimately from Ancient Greek kritikós ("of or for judging, able to discern"), from krínō ("I judge").

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