English noun: critic |
1. | critic (person) a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art |
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| Broader (hypernym) | professional, professional person |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | art critic, drama critic, literary critic, music critic, newspaper critic, theater critic |
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| Instance hyponym | Allen Tate, Granville-Barker, Harley Granville-Barker, John Orley Allen Tate, Tate |
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2. | critic (person) anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | evaluator, judge |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | appraiser, authenticator, grader, panelist, panellist, reader, referee, reviewer, sampler, taste tester, taste-tester, taster |
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3. | critic (person) someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | carper, niggler, nitpicker, roaster |
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