anticriticism
anticriticism noun: opposition to critical examination and review.
Noun
anticriticism (usually uncountable, plural anticriticisms)
- Opposition to critical examination and review.
- Let me recommend a general Anticriticism, a universal medicine or panacea, to put a stop to all anonymous reviewing, whether it praises the bad or blames the good:1891, Arthur Schopenhauer, The Art of Literature: A Series of Essays, page 100
- A facile resignation, a crude anti-intellectualism and anticriticism is in the air. It can be frankly and grossly Philistine; it can be a blithe defense of amateurism, impressionism, enthusiasm; it can be the skepticism and historical relativism […]1971, The Centennial Review
- Opposition to criticism or criticizing.
- So-called anticriticism clauses or gag rules should be prohibited as a condition of plan participation.1996, Stanley B. Jones, Marion Ein Lewin, Improving the medicare market: adding choice and protections, page 100
Forms of anticriticism
| plural | anticriticisms |
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Origin of anticriticism
From anti- + criticism.
Questions about anticriticism
- What does anticriticism mean?
- Anticriticism means opposition to critical examination and review.
- What part of speech is anticriticism?
- Anticriticism is a noun.
- What is the plural of anticriticism?
- The plural of anticriticism is anticriticisms.
Words near anticriticism in the dictionary
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