criticisms
- 1Plural of criticism.
The proposal drew several criticisms from the planning committee.
Her early novels attracted harsh criticisms from reviewers.
Note
A plural that only one half of criticism can take. As the act of criticizing, criticism is a mass noun (the film met with criticism) and has no plural. As a single critical observation or review, it counts, and that is the sense this form carries: several criticisms are several separate objections or judgments. So "the plan faced criticism" names a reaction, while "the plan faced three criticisms" names points you could list.
criticisms is a form of criticism
criticism, noun: The act of pointing out faults, or a judgment expressing disapproval of someone or something. Full entry
- Forms
- criticismcriticisms plural
- Spelling
- criticism → criticisms: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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