criticism has definitions from the field of writing
1
[ noun ] disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

Examples

"the senator received severe criticism from his opponent"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

`` These actions should serve to protect in_fact and in_effect the court 's wards from undue costs and its appointed and elected servants from unmeritorious criticisms '' , the jury said .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

`` Gladius_Dei '' ( 1902 ) resembles `` The_Way_to_the_Churchyard '' in its representation of a conflict between light and dark , between `` Life '' and a spirit of criticism , negation , melancholy , but it goes considerably further in characterizing the elements of this conflict .

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

In criticism of the latter 's views , his conclusions were based upon dog lung injection studies in which all_of the vascular channels were first filled with a solution under pressure and then were injected with various sized colored particles designed to stop at the arteriolar level .

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

The editor 's main criticism of the trial was the haste with which it was conducted .

2
[ noun ] a serious examination and judgment of something

Synonyms

critique

Examples

"constructive criticism is always appreciated"

Used in print

(Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)

This theory has been put so clearly and precisely that it deserves criticism of the same kind , and this I will do my best to supply .

3
[ noun ] (writing) a written evaluation of a work of literature

Used in print

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

It is not merely a new thing ; it is one of the very few new things in Utopia ; most_of the rest is medieval or humanist or part of an old tradition of social criticism .

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