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epicritique

epicritique noun: a critique of a critique; a metacritique.

Noun

epicritique (plural epicritiques)

  1. A critique of a critique; a metacritique.
    • The positive aspect of his [Niels Ege's] article is the epicritique of Benveniste's critique of Saussure.1953 August, Alfons Nehring, “Recherches structurales 1949 (review)”, in Word, volume 9, number 2, page 164

Forms of epicritique

pluralepicritiques

Origin of epicritique

From epi- + critique. Compare German Epikritik.

Questions about epicritique

What does epicritique mean?
Epicritique means a critique of a critique; a metacritique.
What part of speech is epicritique?
Epicritique is a noun.
What is the plural of epicritique?
The plural of epicritique is epicritiques.

Words near epicritique in the dictionary

  1. epicriids
  2. epicriptine
  3. epicrises
  4. epicrisis
  5. epicritic
  6. epicritique
  7. epicritiques
  8. epics
  9. Epictetan
  10. Epictetian
  11. Epictetus

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