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criticize
verb
-
criticize
,
criticizing
,
criticizes
,
criticized
to
point
out
what
you
think
is
wrong
or
bad
about
someone
or
something
•
After
the
game
,
the
coach
criticized
the
players
for
not
working
together
.
After
the
game
,
the
coach
criticized
the
players
for
not
working
together
.
•
Many
people
online
criticize
the
new
phone
for
its
short
battery
life
.
Many
people
online
criticize
the
new
phone
for
its
short
battery
life
.
From
Greek
kritikos
“
able
to
judge
”
via
Latin
criticus
and
French
critiquer
,
plus
the
verb-forming
suffix
-ize
.
verb
-
criticize
,
criticizing
,
criticizes
,
criticized
to
examine
something
carefully
and
give
a
detailed
judgement
of
both
its
good
and
bad
points
,
as
in
a
review
or
academic
discussion
•
In
her
essay
,
the
student
criticizes
Shakespeare
’
s
use
of
imagery
.
In
her
essay
,
the
student
criticizes
Shakespeare
’
s
use
of
imagery
.
•
The
art
magazine
criticized
the
exhibition
for
its
lack
of
originality
but
praised
the
lighting
.
The
art
magazine
criticized
the
exhibition
for
its
lack
of
originality
but
praised
the
lighting
.
Same
origin
as
the
general
sense
,
with
the
academic
meaning
developing
in
the
18th
century
alongside
literary
criticism
.