English Explanatory Dictionary

critic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who appraises the works of others.
  2. A specialist in judging works of art.
  3. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
  4. An opponent.
  5. Obsolete form of critique (“an act of criticism”).
  6. Obsolete form of critique (“the art of criticism”).
verb
  1. To criticise.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/ en-us-critic.ogg

Word forms

critic critics critick criticking criticked

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”).

Related words

crisis criterion critical critically critical mass criticism criticize criticise critique

Derived words

anticritic armchair critic criticaster criticess criticist criticproof criticship criticule cybercritic ecocritic gynocritic hypercritic inner critic noncritic supercritic technocritic
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