critique

Unadapted borrowing 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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• Rhymes: -iːk

critique (plural critiques)

1. (uncountable) The art of criticism.
2. (countable) An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
   • 1726, [Joseph Addison], Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. […], [London], →OCLC, page 153:

     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)‎^[1]:

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

   • 2023 November 15, 'Industry Insider', “Outbreak of common sense”, in RAIL, number 996, page 68:

     The Department for Transport has conceded that the instruction to the train operators under its control (either through direct management or a contractual relationship) to close ticket offices will be withdrawn, following a devasting ^[sic] critique by Transport Focus on the proposal's shortcomings.

3. (countable) A point made to criticize something.

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

4. (obsolete, countable) 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^[2]:

     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^[3], 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^[4]:

     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^[5]:

     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^[6], 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “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. ― The situation is currently more than urgent.

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

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