From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcritiquecri‧tique1 /krɪˈtiːk/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] ALa detailed explanation of the problems of something such as a set of political ideas → evaluationcritique of a major new critique of his work a critique of modern economic theory
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critique• The government-chartered National Research Council on Wednesday released a critique of those plans.• The speech was a devastating critique of Reagan's economic policy.• Management critique A bit more autocratic than he would like to believe, stemming from a conviction that he is right.• Management critique A fact and figure analyser, who approaches issues in a theoretical and intellectual way.• An offshoot from the phenomenological critique developed into a group of researchers known as the ethnomethodologists.• Marx's critique of capitalism in the 19th century• What generalized the appeal of Paisley's critique of the unionist élites was the accession to power of Terence O'Neill.• The second critique is more authentically pluralistic.critique of• The final article is a critique of John Updike's latest novel.critiquecritique2 verb [transitive] formal JUDGEto say how good or bad a book, play, painting, or set of ideas is → evaluate He offered to critique our plans.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
critique• Doctors are taped and critiqued as they talk to patients.• Afterwards, the rest of the group will critique your presentation.Origin critique1 (1600-1700) French Greek kritike “critic's art”, from kritikos; → CRITIC 