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criticism

/ˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)m/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)m/
criticism
Syllables
4 syllables
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1st syllable stress
Vowel
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cri - ti - cism -> criticism

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဝေဖန်စာ

Full entry

criticism /'krÇtÇsÇzǝm/ n

၁။ (က) [U] ဝေဖန်ရေး။ ဝေဖန်မှု။
a scheme that is open to criticism ❍ The bank's actions attracted heavy/ strong/ widespread criticism. ❍ He hates/ can't take criticism (ie being criticized).
(ခ) [U,C] ဝေဖန်ချက်။ ထောက်ကွက်။ အပြစ်။
in response to the criticism levelled at senior officers ❍ I have two main criticisms of your plan.
၂။ (က) [U] (စာပေ၊ အနုပညာ စသည်) ဝေဖန်မှုပညာ။ literary criticism.
(ခ) [C] ယင်းဝေဖန်အကဲဖြတ်ချက်။

More examples
  • [criticism of] : He finds criticism of his team’s performance hard to take.
  • [attract criticism] : It’s not unusual for politicians to attract criticism.
  • [fierce/strong criticism] : Plans for the new road have drawn fierce criticism from local people.
  • [constructive criticism] : We always welcome constructive criticism.
  • [a valid/fair criticism] : The report contains many valid criticisms of the current system.
  • Literary criticism
Synonyms
censure, disapproval, disparagement, condemnation, denigration, Bronx cheer, analysis, animadversion, appraisal, appreciation, aspersion, assessment, bad press, blame, blast, brickbats, call down, carping, cavil, caviling, comment, commentary, critical remarks, critique, cut, denunciation, elucidation, essay, estimate, evaluation, examination, exposition, faultfinding, flak, hit, interpretation, judgment, knock, nit-picking, notice, objection, observation, opinion, opprobrium, pan, panning, put down, quibble, rap on knuckles, rating, rave, report, reproach, reproof, review, reviewal, roast, scorcher, sideswipe, slam, slap, slap on wrist, sleighride, static, stricture, study, swipe, verbal disapproval, vitriol, write-up, zapper
Antonyms
approval, compliment, estimation, flattery, guess, heedlessness, neglect, praise, sanction, supposition
Cross references
censuredisapprovaldisparagementcondemnationdenigrationBronx cheeranalysisanimadversionappraisalappreciationaspersionassessmentbad pressblameblastbrickbatscall downcarpingcavilcavilingcommentcommentarycritical remarkscritiquecutdenunciationelucidationessay
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