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autocritique

autocritique noun: self-criticism.

Noun

autocritique (countable and uncountable, plural autocritiques)

  1. Self-criticism.
    • There's still plenty of narcissism involved in this autocritique.1991 December 20, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Hook and Crook”, in Chicago Reader

Verb

autocritique (third-person singular simple present autocritiques, present participle autocritiquing, simple past and past participle autocritiqued)

  1. To criticize one's own ideas.

Forms of autocritique

Noun
pluralautocritiques
Verb
third-person singular presentautocritiques
present participleautocritiquing
past participleautocritiqued
pastautocritiqued

Origin of autocritique

From auto- + critique.

Questions about autocritique

What does autocritique mean?
Autocritique means self-criticism.
What part of speech is autocritique?
Autocritique can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of autocritique?
The plural of autocritique is autocritiques.

Words near autocritique in the dictionary

  1. autocrinous
  2. autocrinously
  3. autocritical
  4. autocriticism
  5. autocriticisms
  6. autocritique
  7. autocritiqued
  8. autocritiques
  9. autocritiquing
  10. autocropping
  11. autocross

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