critic

n.

1. One who forms and expresses judgments of the merits, faults, value, or truth of a matter.
2. One who specializes especially professionally in the evaluation and appreciation of literary or artistic works: a film critic; a dance critic.
3. One who tends to make harsh or carping judgments; a faultfinder.

[Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos, able to discern, from kritēs, judge, from krīnein, to separate, judge.]

noun

1. A person who evaluates and reports on the worth of something: commentator, judge, reviewer. See value/worthlessness/evaluation.
2. A person who finds fault, often severely and willfully: carper, caviler, criticizer, faultfinder, hypercritic, niggler, nitpicker, quibbler. See praise/blame.

n

Definition: faultfinder, detractor
Antonyms: complimenter, praiser

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.

    There is a land of pure delight,
        Beyond the Jordan's flood,
    Where saints, apparelled all in white,
        Fling back the critic's mud.
    
    And as he legs it through the skies,
        His pelt a sable hue,
    He sorrows sore to recognize
        The missiles that he threw.
                                                            Orrin Goof

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IN BRIEF: n. - Someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments; Anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something; A person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art.

Tutor's tip: The "critic" (someone who evaluates creative works) wrote up his "critique" (a criticism of a creative work) of the new play.

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Common misspelling(s) of critics

• criticists

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kritiker

Nederlands (Dutch)
recensent, criticus

Français (French)
n. - censeur, détracteur, (Art, Cin, Littérat, Mus, TV) critique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kritiker

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κριτικός, τεχνοκρίτης, τιμητής, επικριτής

Italiano (Italian)
critico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - crítico (m)

Русский (Russian)
критик

Español (Spanish)
n. - crítico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kritiker

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
批评家, 鉴定家

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 批評家, 鑒定家

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 비평가, 혹평가

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 批判的な
n. - 批評家, 評論家, 酷評家, 批判者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ناقد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מבקר, מוצא פגמים‬

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