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critique

Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈtiːk/

The English word “critique” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The art of criticism.
  2. An essay in which another piece of work is criticized, reviewed, etc.
  3. A point made to criticize something.

verb

  1. To review something; to criticize.

Etymology

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

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