CRITIQUE, CRITIC, noun 1. A critical examination of the merits of a performance; remarks or animadversions on beauties and faults. Addison wrote a critique on PARADISE LOST. 2. Science of criticism; standard or rules of judging of the merit of performances. If ideas and words were distinctly weighed, and duly considered, they would afford us another sort of logic and critic.
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