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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
The play received the critics' raves
2 rave
2 - an extravagantly favorable criticism<the play received the critics' raves>
[M-W's Col. Dic.]
That means by definition a 'criticism' can be negative or positive. Then, why does the mere mentioning of word 'criticism' evokes a feeling of negativity as if it is there only to berate something etc.?
2 - an extravagantly favorable criticism<the play received the critics' raves>
[M-W's Col. Dic.]
That means by definition a 'criticism' can be negative or positive. Then, why does the mere mentioning of word 'criticism' evokes a feeling of negativity as if it is there only to berate something etc.?
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Because in that use it is usually a negative comment. 'Criticism' in the context above is: 3. the act or art of analyzing and evaluating or judging the quality of a literary or artistic work, musical performance, art exhibit, dramatic production, etc.
- Because in that use it is usually a negative comment.
- 'Criticism' in the context above is: 3.
- the act or art of analyzing and evaluating or judging the quality of a literary or artistic work, musical performance, art exhibit, dramatic production, etc.
- not: 2.
- the act of passing severe judgment; censure; faultfinding.
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Because in that use it is usually a negative comment. 'Criticism' in the context above is:
3. the act or art of
3. the act or art of
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I'd say that without context to the contrary, it's "idiomatic" to assume the negative.
When we wish to indicate otherwise we always use some sort of qualifier. It's just a matter of common usage.
"Can you take criticism?" = "Can you tolerate being told your faults?"
"Can you take constructive criticism? = "Are you able to use advice on how to improve your perform
When we wish to indicate otherwise we always use some sort of qualifier. It's just a matter of common usage.
"Can you take criticism?" = "Can you tolerate being told your faults?"
"Can you take constructive criticism? = "Are you able to use advice on how to improve your perform
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Mister MicawberYou need to start using your dictionary more thoroughly.Mr Micawber don't you think I already use the dctionary thoroughly enough?! Perhaps, I should buy a hard copy of M-W and start memorising it. That will do the job better.
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NO, I don't think that will help. I have already suggested OneLook Dictionary to you, via which I easily located [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Criticism?r=66]THE TWO DEFINITIONS[/url] indicated above. It is a matter of realizing that most words have more than one definition and lookin
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Thanks for the advice. Now I will be more more serious in my dictionary use.
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