critique

[ kri-teek ]

noun

1. an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.
2. a criticism or critical comment on some problem, subject, etc.
3. the art or practice of criticism.

verb (used with object)

, cri·tiqued, cri·ti·quing.

1. to review or analyze critically.

critique

/ krɪˈtiːk /

noun

1. a critical essay or commentary, esp on artistic work
2. the act or art of criticizing

Word History and Origins

Origin of critique¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; from French, from Greek kritikḗ “the art of criticism,” noun use of feminine of kritikós “critical, skilled in judging”; replacing critic

Word History and Origins

Origin of critique¹

C17: from French, from Greek kritikē, from kritikos able to discern

Example Sentences

But “Heretic” doesn’t earn, or even appear interested in, that critique.

From Los Angeles Times

A new book from Harvard scholar Keidrick Roy, “American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism,” lays out their pioneering critique of the enduring power of feudalism on American thought, along with a coherent framework of liberal ideas shaped by their individual and collective lived experiences.

From Salon

Your book draws attention to a group of Black abolitionist writers who sought to explain and critique that gap, and also explore what to do about it.

From Salon

And how did writers like Hosea Easton critique the workings and construction of this racial feudal order?

From Salon

Nonetheless, they worked within the existing social and political structure to bore new lines of flight out of it through a process of immanent critique.

From Salon

Related Words

• appraisal
• assessment
• comment
• commentary
• criticism
• editorial
• examination
• judgment