Noun

(wikipedia critique) (en noun)

The art of criticism.

An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.

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* Addison

I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal.

(obsolete) A critic; one who criticises.

* Bishop Lincoln

a question among critiques in the ages to come

Noun

(en noun)

A person who appraises the works of others.

* Macaulay

The opinion of the most skilful critics was, that nothing finer [than Goldsmith's Traveller ] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the Dunciad.

A specialist in judging works of art.

One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.

* I. Watts

When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature.

An opponent.

(an act of criticism)

* Alexander Pope

Make each day a critic on the last.

(the art of criticism)

* John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Chapter 21, page 550

And, perhaps, if they were distinctly weighed, and duly considered, they would afford us another sort of logic and critic , than what we have been hitherto acquainted with.