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antecritical

antecritical adjective: prior to criticism.

Adjective

antecritical (not comparable)

  1. prior to criticism
  2. prior to a crisis

Origin of antecritical

From ante- + critical.

Questions about antecritical

What does antecritical mean?
Antecritical means prior to criticism.
What part of speech is antecritical?
Antecritical is an adjective.

Words near antecritical in the dictionary

  1. antecommunion
  2. anteconsonantal
  3. anteconsonantic
  4. antecosta
  5. antecostal
  6. antecritical
  7. antecrochet
  8. antecrochets
  9. antecryst
  10. antecrysts
  11. antecubal

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