criticism

«criticism» in Mova's school dictionary: saying what is wrong or bad about someone or something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (criticism, uncountable; a criticism, criticisms)

meaning for a pupil

1) Criticism is saying what is wrong or bad about someone or something. tree →

2) A criticism is one point about what is wrong. tree →

3) (formal) Judging books, art or music: literary criticism. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school (constructive criticism helps you improve), in news (the plan faced criticism), in books and film reviews.

examples

• She took the criticism well. tree →
• Constructive criticism helps you learn. tree →
• The new rule got a lot of criticism. tree →
• My only criticism is that the story was too short. tree →
• Teachers give criticism kindly. tree →
• The film received good and bad criticism. tree →
• Aphrodite alone defied his criticism, for, to his great chagrin, he could find no fault with her perfect form.[50] tree →

note

Spelling: critic + ism. Verb: criticise (UK) / criticize (US). Criticism is not always nasty: «constructive criticism» means helpful advice.

In the corpora

• People argue about where fair criticism of Israel's government ends and antisemitism begins.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «criticism» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.