English Explanatory Dictionary

textual criticism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.

Pronunciation

en-us-textual criticism.ogg

Word forms

textual criticism textual criticisms

Synonyms

lower criticism

Related words

text-critical
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