Definition of Critical

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Critical

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation.

Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious.

Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.

Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject.

Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation.

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Critical Quotations

It is easier to be critical than correct.
Benjamin Disraeli

I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America.
Laura Bush

I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
Tea Leoni

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.
Erma Bombeck

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Dalai Lama

Critical Translations

critical in Dutch is kritiek, hachelijk
Critical in German is kritisch, bedenklich
critical in Swedish is kritisk


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