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# criticism

noun (criticism, uncountable; a criticism, criticisms)

«criticism» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Criticism is saying what is wrong or bad about someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#m1)
2. A criticism is one point about what is wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#m2)
3. (formal) Judging books, art or music: literary criticism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#x1)
- Constructive criticism helps you learn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#x2)
- The new rule got a lot of criticism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#x3)
- My only criticism is that the story was too short. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#x4)
- Teachers give criticism kindly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#x5)
- The film received good and bad criticism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#x6)
- Aphrodite alone defied his criticism, for, to his great chagrin, he could find no fault with her perfect form.\[50\] [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/#x7)

### Note

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

## In Jewish tradition

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

### Examples

- Hence Isaac de Lates; criticism in the introduction to the Zohar : (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/criticism/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «criticism» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criticism/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«criticism» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/criticism.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «criticism» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/criticism/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«criticism» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/criticism.html) on Mova free.