critique

Borrowed from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”), feminine of criticus (“critical”); see critic.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈtiːk/
• IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈtik/

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critique (plural critiques)

1. The art of criticism.
2. An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
   • c. 1719, Joseph Addison, Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals:

     I should as soon expect to see a critique on the posie of a ring as on the inscription of a medal.

   • 2015 February 20, Jesse Jackson, “In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever”, in The Guardian (London)‎:

     I did not always agree with Malcolm X, specifically his critiques of Dr King and of the philosophy of nonviolent resistance.

3. A point made to criticize something.

   Bob liked most of my presentation, but offered three minor critiques.

4. (obsolete) A critic; one who criticises.
   • 1625, John Williams, Great Britains Salomon (sermon)

     a question amongst critiques in the ages to come

• critic

critique (third-person singular simple present critiques, present participle critiquing, simple past and past participle critiqued)

1. To review something; to criticize.

   I want you to critique this new idea of mine.

   • 2015 February 9, Alison Flood, “FBI monitored and critiqued African American writers for decades”, in The Guardian‎:

     Newly declassified documents from the FBI reveal how the US federal agency under J Edgar Hoover monitored the activities of dozens of prominent African American writers for decades, devoting thousands of pages to detailing their activities and critiquing their work.

   • 2017 April 15, “Kelly Clarkson accused of 'child abuse' for feeding two-year-old daughter Nutella”, in Independent.ie‎, retrieved 2021-05-18:

     While many commented on the sweet nature of the video, others were quick to critique her parenting choice, with one saying: "Giving food like this to a child is child abuse."

   • 2020 June 5, Judy Berman, “Where You Watch George Floyd Protests Matters. Here's Why.”, in Time‎:

     On Tuesday […] a protester heckled correspondent Katy Tur for mentioning looting and she conceded that he was right to critique the media’s fascination with that aspect of recent events.

   • 2021 April 19, Jordan Kisner, “The Western Rides Again”, in The Atlantic‎:

     But as this quartet of women filmmakers make new contributions to a very old genre, they’re united […] in critiquing the frontier illusion itself, the fantasy that fleeing toward the next horizon offers riches as well as freedom from the waste and damage left behind.

   • 2021 May 13, Selim Algar, “Teachers union chief cites Stuyvesant HS in ripping standardized testing”, in New York Post‎, retrieved 2021-05-18:

     American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten critiqued standardized testing Thursday — and specifically cited the racial makeup of heavily Asian Stuyvesant High School as an example of what’s wrong with the system.

• “critique”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “critique”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• critique in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “critique”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• critique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós).

• IPA^(key): /kʁi.tik/

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critique (plural critiques)

1. critical (urgent)

   La situation est à présent plus que critique. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. critical (of great importance)
3. critical (related to criticism)
4. (of a person) judgemental

• German: kritisch

critique f (plural critiques)

1. criticism
2. review, usually written
3. reason; logic

• la critique est aisée mais l’art est difficile

critique m or f by sense (plural critiques)

1. critic (profession)

• critiquer

• “critique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• citrique

critique

1. inflection of criticar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /kɾiˈtike/ [kɾiˈt̪i.ke]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Syllabification: cri‧ti‧que

critique

1. inflection of criticar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative